Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

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

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

Lifestylemycorrhiza

Mycorrhizal under broadleaf trees (oak, beech, hornbeam), occasionally with 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

• deadly mushroom
• medicinal mushrooms

DEADLY POISONOUS

• ▸ Yellowish-green to olive cap, shiny when damp; smooth, without flecks
• ▸ White gills and ring
• ▸ White stem with a bulbous base in a white, sac-like volva
• ▸ Pale, watery-marbled cap margin in damp conditions (veil remnants)

Responsible for most fatal mushroom poisonings in Europe. Must not be tasted.