╔══ Sightings from 2 September 202610 sightings
speciesAmanita pantherina
locationSchweinbach
habitatDeciduous and coniferous forests, especially under beech and spruce
edibilityHighly toxic — contains ibotenic acid and muscimol
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Brown cap densely covered with white warts
- │ ▸ White gills and a white stem
- │ ▸ Thin white ring placed high on the stem, grooved on top
- │ ▸ Rounded bulbous base with a collar-like volva, no separate sac
└─ Easily confused with the blusher (Amanita rubescens), but its flesh never stains pink.
speciesCaloboletus calopus
locationSchweinbach
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
speciesCraterellus tubaeformis
locationKankerbach
habitatMossy coniferous forest, especially spruce
edibilityGood edible mushroom
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Hollow, trumpet-shaped cap, grey-brown to brown
- │ ▸ Grey, wrinkled veins (no true gills) under the cap
- │ ▸ Hollow, yellowish-brown stem widening towards the base
- │ ▸ Often grows in crowded groups in mossy spots
└─ Fruits late in the season; develops a fine flavour when dried.
speciesGuepinia helvelloides
locationKankerbach
habitatOn soil in damp places: paths, ditches, stream banks, shady slopes
edibilityEdible, very little flavour
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Salmon- to flesh-pink, funnel- or trumpet-shaped gelatinous fruit body
- │ ▸ Lobed, wavy, often rolled-back margin
- │ ▸ Inner surface with fine veins or grooves
- │ ▸ With age, a whitish spore powder coats the outside
└─ Also known as salmon salad; the glistening salmon-pink funnels are unmistakable in damp woodland.
speciesLaccaria amethystina
locationKankerbach
habitatBroadleaf and coniferous forest, often with beech and oak, in troops
edibilityEdible but insignificant; watch for poisonous lookalikes (e.g. violet Cortinarius species)
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Intense violet colour over the whole fruit body when fresh
- │ ▸ Waxy, widely spaced thick gills
- │ ▸ Fibrous, tough stem
- │ ▸ Colour fades quickly to pale tan as it ages or dries
└─ The common name refers to how easily the violet colour 'deceives' — once faded, the mushroom blends into the forest floor and is easy to overlook.
speciesLepiota clypeolaria
locationKankerbach
habitatOn leaf litter in deciduous and coniferous woodland, especially under beech and oak
edibilityPoisonous — like many Lepiota species, suspected of causing gastrointestinal poisoning
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ White cap covered with reddish-brown, woolly scales, denser towards the centre
- │ ▸ Slender stem with a fibrous, woolly zone instead of a firm ring and a shaggy, white-felted base ('fleecy boot')
- │ ▸ White, free gills and white spore print
- │ ▸ Cap conical-bell-shaped at first, then expanding to convex
speciesLycoperdon perlatum
locationKankerbach
habitatForest clearings and trails, on soil among leaf litter and moss
edibilityEdible when young and still pure white inside (must be firm throughout)
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Round, pear-like fruit body covered in small pointed warts/spines
- │ ▸ White when young, turning tan/brownish with age
- │ ▸ Small opening (pore) at the top through which spores are released as a puff of dust
└─ The warts form a characteristic mosaic pattern on the cap. When ripe, tapping the puffball releases a cloud of olive-brown spores through the apical pore.
└─ Potentially Bovista pusilla
speciesLycoperdon perlatum
locationSchweinbach
habitatForest clearings and trails, on soil among leaf litter and moss
edibilityEdible when young and still pure white inside (must be firm throughout)
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Round, pear-like fruit body covered in small pointed warts/spines
- │ ▸ White when young, turning tan/brownish with age
- │ ▸ Small opening (pore) at the top through which spores are released as a puff of dust
└─ The warts form a characteristic mosaic pattern on the cap. When ripe, tapping the puffball releases a cloud of olive-brown spores through the apical pore.
speciesLycoperdon perlatum
locationSchweinbach
habitatForest clearings and trails, on soil among leaf litter and moss
edibilityEdible when young and still pure white inside (must be firm throughout)
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Round, pear-like fruit body covered in small pointed warts/spines
- │ ▸ White when young, turning tan/brownish with age
- │ ▸ Small opening (pore) at the top through which spores are released as a puff of dust
└─ The warts form a characteristic mosaic pattern on the cap. When ripe, tapping the puffball releases a cloud of olive-brown spores through the apical pore.
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.
└─ dry