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wood ear
n. An edible fungus in the genus ''Auricularia'', having a shape resembling an ear's and which grow on wood.
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Wood ear
Wood-ear or tree ear , also translated wood jellyfish or tree jellyfish (, ki-kurage), can refer to a few different closely related species of edible fungus used primarily in Chinese cuisine; these are commonly sold in Asian markets shredded and dried.
- Auricularia auricula-judae
- Cloud ear fungus
- Tremella fuciformis
Usage examples of "wood ear".
Raif farmed the landscape as he walked, searching the grassbeds and shrub groves for bearberries frozen on the vine, rosehips, field mint, and the little wood ear mushrooms that grew on rotting logs.
Several wood ear mushrooms grew in small clusters close to the ground.