About Auricularia americana Parmasto & I.Parmasto ex Audet, Boulet & Sirard
Auricularia americana produces thin, brown, rubbery-gelatinous, ear-shaped fruit bodies. These fruit bodies measure 2.5–10 centimetres (1–4 inches) across, and around 3 millimetres (1⁄8 inch) thick. Fruit bodies grow either singly or in clusters. The upper surface of the fruit body is finely pilose, while the spore-bearing underside is smooth. The spore print of this species is white. Auricularia americana is a wood-rotting fungus, most commonly found growing on dead attached or fallen conifer wood. It has a wide distribution across North America, where it occurs primarily in the Northeast and can be found between April and September. It is also documented to occur in China and the Russian Far East.
