Jew's ear

Jew's-ear English right|thumb| Jew's-ear (Auricularia auricula-judae species) Etymology A mistranslation of mediaeval en la auricula Judae Judas's ear, from its shape, and its occurrence on the tree on which Judas Iscariot was supposed to have hanged himself. Noun A kind of edible fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae species), growing on tree-trunks, formerly used for medicinal purposes. en 1665 w:Robert Hooke Micrographia XIX Hither also may be referr'd those multitudes and varieties of Mushroms, such as that, call'd Jews-ears, all sorts of gray and green Mosses, &c. en 1979 w:Angela Carter; ‘The Erl-King’ The Bloody Chamber 99 Vintage 2006 Over the hearth hang bunches of drying mushrooms, the thin, curling kind they call jew's-ears, which have grown on the elder trees since Judas hanged himself on one; this is the kind of lore he tells me, tempting my half-belief. Translations fungus Auricularia auricula-judae Chinese: Hokkien: nan-hbl 烏木耳 o͘-bo̍k-ní, o͘-bo̍k-lí, o͘-bo̍k-jí, o͘-bo̍k-jíⁿ Mandarin: cmn 黑木耳 Czech: cs ucho Jidášovo n, cs boltcovitka ucho Jidášovo f, cs boltcovitka bezová f Danish: da almindelig judasøre Finnish: fi juudaksenkorva French: fr oreille de Judas f, fr oreille du diable f Galician: gl orella de Xudas m German: de Judasohr n Italian: it orecchio di Giuda m Japanese: ja 木耳 kikurage Korean: ko 목이 Macedonian: mk Јудино уво n Māori: mi paheke, mi hakeka Polish: pl uszak bzowy m Russian: ru Иу́дино у́хо n Slovak: sk uchovec bazový m Spanish: es oreja de Judas f Vietnamese: vi mộc nhĩ đen, vi nấm mèo en Mushrooms