Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ AgaricomycetesClass
• └─ AgaricalesOrder
• └─ AmanitaceaeFamily
• └─ AmanitaGenus

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

Lifestylemycorrhiza

Deciduous and coniferous forests, especially under beech and spruce

⚠ 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

• poisonous mushroom

Highly toxic — contains ibotenic acid and muscimol

• ▸ 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.