Jidášovo ucho
Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
The possessive adjective Jidášovo (“Judas', belonging to Judas”) refers to a legend saying that Judas Iscariot hanged himself on a black elder tree, on which this fungus commonly grows. The noun ucho (“ear”) refers to the shape of the fruiting body of the fungus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɪdaːˌʃovo ˈuxo/
Noun
- Jew's-ear, Auricularia auricula-judae (edible mushroom growing especially on trunks of black elder, Sambucus nigra)
- 2014, Jan Cimický, Tisíc jiskérek na noční obloze, Baronet Publishers, →ISBN, page 102:
- … proto jsou mnohé zdejší stromy starší než tisíc let a stále bohatě plodí. V jejich kůře se po odkvětu a odplození dokonce pěstují houby, známé pod jménem Jidášovo ucho, významná součást čínské kuchyně.
- … that is why many local trees are older than thousand years and keep bearing a lot of fruit. After they go out of bloom and fruit, people grow mushrooms, known as Jew's-ear, which is an important part of Chinese cuisine, in their bark.
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Synonyms
- boltcovitka ucho Jidášovo
- boltcovitka bezová
- bezovka ucho Jidášovo (obsolete)
Hypernyms
- (species): houby – kingdom; stopkovýtrusné – division; rouškaté – class; boltcovitkotvaré – order; boltcovitkovité – family; boltcovitka – genus
Further reading
- Jidášovo ucho at Myko atlas, Česká mykologická společnost.
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