Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ AgaricomycetesClass
• └─ RussulalesOrder
• └─ AlbatrellaceaeFamily
• └─ AlbatrellusGenus

Higher ranks from Catalogue of Life (COL26.9 XR).

Lifestylemycorrhiza

In spruce forest on calcareous soil, montane to subalpine

⚠ Before you pickWild fungi may be taken in small quantities for your own use (§39(3) BNatSchG) — but not in nature reserves or national parks, on closed land or on farmland in use, and never for sale (§39(4)). In Bavaria this right is anchored in Art. 141(3) of the state constitution and is limited to locally customary amounts; the competent authority is the district nature-conservation authority (untere Naturschutzbehörde). Local signs and ordinances come first.

Species protection from BArtSchV Annex 1 and §2(1), retrieved 2026-10-15; Red List from Dämmrich et al. (2016) (BfN / Rote-Liste-Zentrum). Not legal advice — local rules and signage may be stricter. BArtSchV Annex 1 · Red List data

• edible mushroom

Edible when young, becomes bitter with age

• ▸ 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