Jew's Ear (Exidium auricula Judæ), a fungus, one of the Hymenomycetes, which grows on decaying parts of living trees, particularly elders. Dried Jew's Ear was formerly in repute as an astringent.
Jew's Ear
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 333
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