06/Sep/2026, 2:11 PM
Kadrioru park, Tallinn, Harju, Eesti
Urban park, oak and hazel grove, on rich soil with different organic remains
59°26'23.3"N 24°47'44.4"E
🌡️ 15°C ⛅ Partly sunny 💨 Wind 290° WNW->ESE, 32 km/h
Original Instagram postOtidea alutacea
Tan Ear
- Scientific identification
- Otidea alutacea (Pers.) Massee
- Family
- Otideaceae
- Class
- Pezizomycetes
- Genus
- Otidea
Names across languages
- English: Tan Ear
- German: Ledergelber Öhrling
- Finnish: Pähkinätiimakka
- Estonian: Nahkkollane kõrvliudik
- Russian: Отидея кожано-желтая
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2026-09-06.
Hymenium
Smooth, yellowish-brown, tan to clay-brown, usually slightly darker than the outer surface
Apothecium
Cup- to ear-shaped, typically split along one side; pale yellowish-brown to brown, margin wavy or irregular; outer surface paler and finely furfuraceous
Hymenium Attachment
Exposed on inner surface of the apothecium
Stipe
Usually absent or rudimentary; base narrowed with whitish tomentum
Spore print
Spore print white
Ecology
Terrestrial on rich, neutral to calcareous woodland soil and humus under deciduous trees; scattered to gregarious; summer to autumn
Edibility
No culinary value
Fruit body
Fruit body small to medium; ~1.5–7 cm tall
Dimensions
Apothecium ∅ ~1–6 cm
Flesh
Flesh pale yellowish to cream, thin, waxy and brittle, unchanging when cut
Chemical reactions
No macroscopic reagents reaction
Odour
Indistinct
Taste
Mild
Microscopy
Spores narrowly ellipsoid to oblong, smooth, hyaline, typically biguttulate, ~14.5–16.5(–17.5) × 6.5–7.5(–8) µm; asci cylindrical, 8-spored, inamyloid;
Overview
Tan split woodland cup with an ear-like shape
1895). Brit. Fung.-Fl. (London) 4: 446.
Field encounters
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