Tree ear mushroom

Tree ear mushrooms
A type of mushroom that resembles a large ear when it is fresh and grows as large as half a foot. The surface of the mushroom is purplish-gray in color and the flesh is a dark purplish gray to almost black in color.

Tree ear mushrooms are dried mushrooms known by several names: cloud ear, wood ear, and black fungus, and by the Chinese wun yee or muer. Those labeled tree ears are crinkled, black, and about 1/2 inch (12 mm) in size.

Tree ear mushrooms, also known as cloud ear, wood ear, black fungus, and by the Chinese wun yee or muer, are crinkled, black, dried mushrooms.
Trenette is a long, narrow, ribbon like noodle associated with Liguria, similar to tagliarini.

tree ear mushroom See wood ear mushroom.
tree oyster mushroom
truffles Notes: Truffles are one of the most expensive of the fungi (technically, they're not mushrooms), but they're packed with flavor.

See also: Mushroom, Flavor, Chine, Oyster, Shiitake