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[felixthelogchopper]

Hi there, at an event where Lynne Boddy (cardiff uni fungi expert), was speaking and highlighted saproPHYTES should actually be saproTROPHS, ie saprotrophic, but i can't remember why she said it was...sorry:confused1:..."MATRON!!!"

 

Doubtless David or Tony will be along shortly to give the full story....PLEASE

 

cheers..

paul

 

Just count yourself lucky I didn't suggest it was prophylactic.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

judae is Judas, Judas Iscariot, hung himself from an Elder tree, the species most commonly associated with the fungi.

 

The corruption of judae to jews is an example of jewish persecution thoughout history.

 

It's plainly obvious that most Jews would be offended by the name, 'Jews Ear'. This has nothing to do do with political correctness, anti-semitism pre-dates political correctness by about 2000 years.

 

Personally I wouldn't use the name Jews Ear and I think if you do use it your wrong to do so.

 

 

 

 

 

Other common names: Judas Ear, Jews Ear

Other scientific names: Tremella auricula-judae, Exidia auricula-judae, Hirneola auricula-judae, Tremella auricula, Hirneola auricula, Auricularia auricula, Gyraria auricularis, Auricularia auricula-judae var. lactea, Hirneola auricula-judae var. lactea - NB the latter two refer to an unpigmented form, otherwise not distinct

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Hi there, at an event where Lynne Boddy (cardiff uni fungi expert), was speaking and highlighted saproPHYTES should actually be saproTROPHS, ie saprotrophic, but i can't remember why she said it was...sorry:confused1:..."MATRON!!!"

 

Doubtless David or Tony will be along shortly to give the full story....PLEASE

 

cheers..

paul

 

Trophic or troph as opposed to Phyte one consumes SAProtrophicly, the other produces its own energy-epiphyte or partialy like a hemiparasitic mistletoe.

 

Fungi feed off things, plants feed themselves

[arb culture]

Trophic or troph as opposed to Phyte one consumes SAProtrophicly, the other produces its own energy-epiphyte or partialy like a hemiparasitic mistletoe.

 

Fungi feed off things, plants feed themselves

 

I was reading up on this and just found out about something I didn't know before - there are plants called myco-heterotrophs that are parasitic on honey fungus!

 

There's also something called mixotrophy whereby mycorrhizal associations get a little weird.

 

How cool is nature