The new Auricularia cornea Ehrenb variety ‘Pink Wood Ear No.1’ is a strain selected by multi spore hybridization with ‘White Wood Ear’ and wild Auricularia auricula Ehrenb MY1 collected in Shiyan city,Hubei Province as parents.The fruiting body is colloidal,ear shaped,single piece,and the ear piece edge is wavy,less wrinkled and early maturing.The growth period is 50-60 days.The fresh ear piece is pink and the surface is smooth.The length of a single ear piece is 4.25-7.65 cm,the width is 3.84-6.54 cm and the thickness is 0.18-0.28 cm.The back of the dry ear piece is brown,with white fluff,and the belly is dark pink.After rehydration,it returns to pink.The dry wet ratio of ear piece is 1∶10.From 2019 to 2020,the average yield of regional test (dry ear tablets) was 86.7 kg per 1 000 bags,an average increase of 4.84% over the control variety agaric.From 2020 to 2021,the average yield of production test (dry ear tablets) is 86.7 kg per 1 000 bags,which is 3.65% higher than control.