Hare's Ear - Otidea onotica
A pale yellow or pale orange elongated cup with a split down the shorter side and edges overlapping rather than merely abutting, with the margin slightly incurved. 3 to 9 cm tall and 1.5 to 4 cm across, with a whitish stem up to 1cm long.
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In broadleaf and mixed woodland, often alongside well-trodden paths.
Fruiting June to November in Britain.
Hare’s Ear fungus often fruits in small clustered groups.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Only occasionally recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Melinda Bell
Charley Woods
06 October 2023
Melinda Bell
Charley Woods
06 October 2023
short white stem
Melinda Bell
Charley Woods
06 October 2023
smooth fertile surface
Melinda Bell
Shepshed,Piper Wood
24 October 2023
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- Hare's Ear
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- 06/10/2023 (Bell, Melinda)
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- 24/10/2023 (Bell, Melinda)
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