wood ear

wood ear
noun Date: 1917 any of several ear- or cup-shaped basidiomycetous fungi (genus Auricularia) that grow on wood: as a. an edible brownish fungus (A. auricula) of North America b. a cultivated usually dark brown edible fungus (A. polytricha) used in Chinese cooking

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  • wood ear — n. mushroom that grows on trees and fallen tree trunks and used in Chinese cooking, tree ear …   English contemporary dictionary

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