Fungus on dead tree stump, Burge End Lane
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Fungus on dead tree stump, Burge End Lane
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 4 Mar 2014
I think this is Auricularia auricula, which grows almost exclusively on elder trees. See also Image for a better image and a note about the common name, which should be Judas's ear, has been corrupted to Jew's ear and is officially Jelly ear.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.975601
Longitude
-0.335897