The upper surface of this fungus is folded so looks with a little imagination like a copy of a human ear moulded in brownish jelly.
It used to be known as the Jew’s ear fungus. It commonly grows from the trunk or branches of an elder tree. According to tradition this was also the tree from which Judas Iscariot hung himself.
The specimen below is about as close as it gets to actually resembling an ear.
