Elsewhere in the world, a study on the use of mushrooms by the Bini people inhabiting a remote village in southern Nigeria found that the local inhabitants collected and ate " A . auricula-judae ", but that it was not one of the mushrooms they used medicinally.
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Both " A . auricula-judae " and the similar " A . polytricha " are popular in China, where the medicinal use of food is common; a soup containing the species is used medicinally for dealing with colds and fevers by reducing the heat of the body.
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In the past it was considered synonymous with the very similar " Primula auricula ", but a recent study split this species off from " P . auricula ", with the latter being found in the more northerly areas ( western Alps, Jura, Vosges, Black Forest and Tatra mountains ).
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In the past it was considered synonymous with the very similar " Primula auricula ", but a recent study split this species off from " P . auricula ", with the latter being found in the more northerly areas ( western Alps, Jura, Vosges, Black Forest and Tatra mountains ).
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The male has a greyish green back; yellow rump; the sides of the tail are yellow and the end is black; the wings are black with a distinctive yellow wing stripe; its breast is yellowish becoming whiter and striped towards the cloaca; it has a black bib ( or chin patch ) and on its head it has two yellow auriculas and a black cap.
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The same authority says that Cornutus definitely blacked out an offensive allusion to the emperor's literary taste, and that we owe to him the reading of the manuscripts in Sat . i . 121, " " auriculas asini " quis non " ( for " Mida rex " ) habet ! " " Traces of lack of revision are, however, still visible; cf . e . g . v . 176 ( sudden transition from ambition to superstition ) and vi . 37 ( where criticism of Greek " doctores " has nothing to do with the context ).
