╔══ Sightings from 19 September 20263 sightings
speciesCantharellus cibarius
locationWamberg approach
habitatMycorrhizal with beech, birch, spruce and pine
edibilityExcellent edible mushroom
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Golden-yellow, funnel-shaped cap with a wavy, irregular margin
- │ ▸ Blunt, forked ridges (no true gills) running down the stem
- │ ▸ Pale yellow to whitish, firm flesh
- │ ▸ Pleasant fruity smell of apricots
└─ One of the most sought-after wild mushrooms in Europe; a great choice for drying.
speciesClathrus archeri
locationWamberg approach
habitatGardens, wood-chip mulch and disturbed ground, also broadleaf woodland
edibilityInedible — foul smell
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Starts as a whitish, leathery 'egg' at the base
- │ ▸ Opens into 4–6 (rarely 8) bright red, tentacle-like arms
- │ ▸ Inner surfaces covered with a dark, olive-brown spore mass (gleba)
- │ ▸ Strong smell of rotting flesh
└─ Originally from Australasia, now a widespread invasive species across Europe; the odour attracts flies that disperse the spores.
speciesHygrocybe acutoconica
locationWamberg approach
habitatGrasslands, mossy lawns, woodland edges and rides, often in small groups
edibilityEdible but of little culinary value
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Conical, acutely pointed cap, bright lemon-yellow when young, fading pale as it dries or ages
- │ ▸ Waxy, pale cream-yellow gills, free or slightly adnexed
- │ ▸ Slender, hollow, shiny yellowish stem, longitudinally fibrous
- │ ▸ No ring or veil; thin, watery, yellowish flesh with no distinctive smell
└─ One of the larger waxcaps, most often seen on old grassland and mossy woodland rides; the erect, sharply conical caps give it a very distinct silhouette. The epithet acutoconica ("sharply conical") describes exactly that cap.