Auricularia polytricha

Name: Auricularia auricula; Auricularia sambucina.
English: Wood ear; Jew's ear; Cloud ear; Ear fungus; Black Chinese fungus; Judas’ ear.
Contents: protein, carbohydrate, course fibre, calcium, phosphorus, iron, copper, carotene; various polysaccharides, glucans.
Mycology: ear shaped fungus, growing on wood; tursn purple when older; hard, inflexible when dry; soft and flabby when moist.