╔══ Sightings from 4 September 20263 sightings
speciesGanoderma applanatum
locationEibsee
habitatOn stumps and trunks of deciduous trees, especially beech; rarely conifers
edibilityInedible — woody and tough
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Large, flat grey-brown bracket with a dull, crusty top surface
- │ ▸ White pore surface that turns brown permanently when scratched
- │ ▸ Concentric growth zones on the upper surface
- │ ▸ Woody, hard, perennial fruit body
└─ Being totally woody, it can last for years. Draw on the fresh white underside with a stick and the picture remains permanently — origin of the name Artist's Bracket.
└─ Test for artist's bracket: try to draw on the white pores, they should darken where bruised.
speciesInocybe sindonia
locationEibsee
habitatBroadleaf and coniferous forest floor, often on calcareous or sandy soils
edibilityPoisonous — do not eat
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Silky-fibrillose cap in pale beige, later reddish-brown, becoming radially cracked
- │ ▸ Conical to bell-shaped at first, later with a fleshy knob
- │ ▸ Cream to pale brown, adnate gills
- │ ▸ Slender fibrous stem without a ring
└─ Contains the toxin muscarine. Many members of the genus Inocybe look alike and are easily confused, so members of this genus should never be collected for the pot.
└─ Uncertain about identity.
speciesMucidula mucida
locationEibsee
habitatOn dead and dying branches and trunks of beech, occasionally oak
edibilityEdible after thorough cleaning, but of little culinary value because of the slimy cap
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Porcelain-white, shiny, slimy cap, grey-brown towards the centre
- │ ▸ Wide, distant, white gills
- │ ▸ Slender white stem with a flimsy ring that soon comes off
- │ ▸ Grows in clusters on dead and dying beech wood