Otidea onotica (Pers.) Fuckel syn. Peziza onotica Pers. ex Fr. Hare�s Ear, Eselsohr, Oreille de li�vre, Oreille d��ne, Nyulf�lgomba. Cup 2�6cm wide, 3�10cm high, lopsided, irregularly ear-shaped, attached to the substrate by a short, indistinct whitish stalk, inner surface ochraceous flushed pinkish, outer similarly coloured and slightly scurfy. Flesh thin, white. Asci 250 x 10�, not blued by iodine. Paraphyses slender, curved at tip. Spores broadly elliptical, containing two oil drops, 12�13 x 5�6�. Habitat in soil in deciduous or mixed woodland. Season autumn. Occasional. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe. |