Auricularia mesenterica

Auricularia mesenterica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Auriculariales
Family:	Auriculariaceae
Genus:	Auricularia
Species:	A. mesenterica
Binomial name
	Auricularia mesenterica; (Dicks.) Pers. 1822
Synonyms
	Species synonymy Helvella mesenterica Dicks. (1785) ; Auricularia corrugata Sowerby (1800) ; Auricularia lobata Sommerf. (1826) ; Auricularia mesenterica var. lobata (Sommerf.) Rea (1922) ; Auricularia tremelloides Bull.(1787) ; Auricularia tremelloides var. fusca Bull. (1791) ; Auricularia tremelloides var. subcaerulea Bull. (1791) ; Auricularia tremelloides var. violacea Bull. (1791) ; Thelephora mesenterica Pers. (1801) ; Auricularia corrugata Sowerby (1800) ; Stereum mesentericum (Pers.) Gray (1821) ; Auricularia mesenteriformis Brongniart (1825) ;

Auricularia mesenterica, commonly known as the tripe fungus, is a species of fungus in the family Auriculariaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are gelatinous and typically formed in coalescing tiers on stumps and logs. They are partly pileate, with hirsute, zoned caps, and partly resupinate, with smooth to wrinkled undersurfaces that spread over the wood. Auricularia mesenterica is a saprotroph on dead deciduous trees and shrubs. The species is restricted to Europe and Central Asia.