Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ DacrymycetesClass
• └─ DacrymycetalesOrder
• └─ DacrymycetaceaeFamily
• └─ CaloceraGenus

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

Lifestylesaprobiont

Damp dead wood of broadleaved trees, especially beech and oak

⚠ 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

• inedible mushroom

Inedible — too small and insignificant

• ▸ Tiny, bright yellow, awl- to club-shaped fruit bodies only a few mm tall
• ▸ Gelatinous to waxy texture, glossy and slightly sticky when moist
• ▸ Unbranched or sparingly branched tips
• ▸ Grows in dense clusters on damp decaying wood

The commonest of the yellow stagshorn fungi; the tiny gelatinous clubs are easily overlooked on damp logs.