Brown Hare's Ear

Otidea leporina – Inedible

Coniferous forests, on rotten needles, among mosses. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small, ear-shaped, 1.5-2.5 cm wide and up to 5 cm tall, bright yellowish-brown, reddish-brown, brown, the underside faintly granular. Stem short, fibrous, whitish. Flesh yellowish, thin, fragile. Characteristic features: favours the vicinity of spruce. Grows singly, most often several fruiting bodies together or even in small groups. Uncommon.