╔══ Identifications · 8 October 20265 sightings
speciesGomphus clavatus
locationWamberg approach
habitatMycorrhizal with spruce and fir in moist, shaded conifer forest, often near trunks and roots
edibilityEdible when well cooked; some people react badly to it
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Vase- to fan-shaped fruit bodies, usually clustered and fused at the base
- │ ▸ Orange-brown to lilac upper surface with a wavy, ragged margin
- │ ▸ Wrinkled violet-to-lilac underside with blunt, forking ridges (no true gills) running down the stem
- │ ▸ Firm white to pale lilac flesh with a mild, mushroomy taste and little smell
└─ A distant relative of the chanterelles with an earthy, meaty texture; rated choice by some, though it can cause gastric upset and is declining across much of Europe.
speciesCaloboletus calopus
locationSagenhafter Bergwald (Grainau)
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
speciesGomphidius glutinosus
locationSagenhafter Bergwald (Grainau)
habitatMycorrhizal with spruce in mossy coniferous forest
edibilityEdible
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Cap covered in a thick, slimy, grey-brown glutinous veil
- │ ▸ Soft grey-violet cap that darkens to brown-black with age
- │ ▸ Distant, waxy white-grey gills, decurrent on the stem
- │ ▸ Stem base is chrome-yellow
└─ Glutinous veil and yellow base of stem on proud display here.
speciesAlbatrellus ovinus
locationKankerbach
habitatIn spruce forest on calcareous soil, montane to subalpine
edibilityEdible when young, becomes bitter with age
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Whitish to cream cap that stains yellow when bruised
- │ ▸ Smooth cap in young specimens, cracking and becoming scaly with age
- │ ▸ Very short, often eccentric stem
- │ ▸ Whitish pores running down the stem; older specimens sometimes greenish-brown at the base
speciesSuillellus luridus
locationWamberg approach
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