╔══ Identifications · 1 September 20266 sightings
speciesAmanita muscaria
locationBrunnenkopf
habitatBirch and coniferous forest
edibilityPsychoactive
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Bright red (occ. orange/yellow) cap with white spots
- │ ▸ White gills and stem
- │ ▸ Ring on stem
- │ ▸ Bulbous base
└─ Classic fairy-tale mushroom found near spruce trees
speciesHydnellum peckii
locationBrunnenkopf
habitatConiferous forest
edibilityInedible
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ White to pinkish-brown velvety cap exuding red droplets when young
- │ ▸ Teeth/spines underneath instead of pores or gills
- │ ▸ Irregular, tough, fan-shaped fruit body
- │ ▸ Found growing on ground among moss in coniferous forest
└─ Exudes bright red droplets when young, giving it a "bleeding" appearance; turns brown and tough with age
speciesCaloboletus calopus
locationKankerbach
habitatConiferous and deciduous woodland esp. beech / oak
edibilityPoisonous
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Beige to olive cap
- │ ▸ Yellow pores
- │ ▸ Yellow to pink-red stipe with straw-coloured network
- │ ▸ When mature: ochre-brown stipe
- │ ▸ Stains blue when bruised or cut
└─ Extremely bitter taste; even small pieces can spoil an entire dish
speciesSuillellus luridus
locationKankerbach
habitatBroad-leaf forest
edibilityEdible but not recommended
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Olive-brown cap
- │ ▸ Small orange pores
- │ ▸ Stains blue when bruised or cut
- │ ▸ Red network on stem
└─ Found in floodplain forest
speciesCoprinopsis pseudonivea
locationHammersbach
habitatDecaying matter
edibilityTechnically edible
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Young pink/cream cap
- │ ▸ Cowpat habitat
- │ ▸ Heavy white cottony veil
- │ ▸ White stem
└─ Cap deliquesces (auto-digests) quickly after spore release; difficult to find in good condition
speciesSchizophyllum commune
locationKankerbach
habitatDead/dying hardwood
edibilityEdible when young; small and tough
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Radiating "split" gills: each fertile fold is split lengthwise
- │ ▸ Small, white to grey, densely hairy/fuzzy caps
- │ ▸ No stem
- │ ▸ Fan- or semicircular shape
- │ ▸ Numerous fruit bodies forming a cluster along the branch
└─ When dry, the split edges of the folds curl inward to protect the spore-producing surface; when wet they open again.