WordNet
ear fungus
n. widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood [syn: Jew's-ear, Jew's-ears, Auricularia auricula]
Usage examples of "ear fungus".
Normally she liked old trees, yet today she found herself seeing only the bad things: the wood ear fungus eating into the bark, the slimy green moss growing on south-facing trunks, and the tubes of rootwood poking through the earth around the bases of the old oaks.
The ear fungus (also unpleasantly called `Jew's ear') indeed looks like an ear, and something rather like enormous eyes can be seen on the wings of certain moths.
The ear fungus (also unpleasantly called 'Jew's ear') indeed looks like an ear, and something rather like enormous eyes can be seen on the wings of certain moths.