Golden Ear Naematelia aurantia (Fr. Trémelle orangée) is a parasite of the abundant bracket fungus Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum growing on hardwood trees, especially oak and beech.
It is frequently confused with Yellow Brain Tremella mesenterica. The trick is to look for the host. Hairy Curtain Crust for Golden Ear, but Peniphora species crust fungi are the hosts for Yellow Brain.
It can also easily be mistaken for Orange Jelly Spot Dacrymyces chrysospermus, but this species grows on conifers, not deciduous trees.
Golden Ear looks like a sort of crumpled yellow jelly.
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