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On Mon, 31 May 2004 00:59:12 +0100, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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from Kay Easton contains these words:

Has it got Jew's ears yet?

I was wondering about that. I have my favourite old elders for
collecting those.

Huh? What are they?

A dark brown fungus which grows on dead or dying wood, very frequently
on elders. Edible, dries well. Starts as a (or several) little dark
lumps and expands into a downward-facing ear-like cup, from small, up to
about the size of a small human ear.

How long would an Elder be expected to live, roughly?

One elder I collect Jew's ear from is about ten years old. There's life
in it yet, but (I'd guess) not another ten.

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