This velvety rootbeer-colored, moist-looking, rubbery-textured, somewhat cup-shaped edible fungus grows on trees and downed logs
Most Auricularia species are edible and many are grown commercially. In fact, most look-alikes are also edible. Added to soups, salads (braised first), and fried dishes, it can also be dried and ground into a flour. Be careful — these can sometimes swell too quickly and become explosive or even airborne… and are also an anticoagulant (blood thinner).
The local Philippines call this woody vine "tayabak". Related to the green beans we grow in our gardens, this species' unique turquoise claw-shaped ...
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