Oreja de Judas (Auricularia auricula-judae)

While the term "Jew's meat" was a deprecatory term used for all fungi in the Middle Ages,[14] the term is unrelated to the name "Jew's ear".[7] A further change of name to "jelly ear" was recommended in the List of Recommended Names for Fungi.[2] The idea was criticised by the author Patrick Harding, who considered it "to be the result of political correctness where it is not necessary", and who "will continue to call [the species] Jew's ear", explaining that, while anti-Semitism was commonplace in Britain, the name "Jew's ear" is in reference to Judas, who was a Jew.[7]