Oreja de Judas (Auricularia auricula-judae)

The species was given the name Auricularia auricula-judae in 1888 by Joseph Schröter.[1] The specific epithet of A. auricula-judae comprises auricula, the Latin word meaning ear, and Judae, meaning of Judas.[7] The name was criticised by American mycologist Curtis Gates Lloyd, who said "Auricularia auricula-Judae is cumbersome and in addition is a slander on the Jews".[8] Though critical of Lucien Marcus Underwood, saying he "would probably not have known the Jew's ear from the calves' liver", he followed him in using Auricularia auricula, which was in turn used by American mycologist Bernard Lowy in his monograph on the genus.[8] Despite this, Auricularia auricula-judae is the valid name for the species.[1][9]