Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ AgaricomycetesClass
• └─ AgaricalesOrder
• └─ PsathyrellaceaeFamily
• └─ CoprinopsisGenus

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

not recorded

Decaying matter

⚠ 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

not recorded

Technically edible

• ▸ Young pink/cream cap
• ▸ Cowpat habitat
• ▸ Heavy white cottony veil
• ▸ White stem

Cap deliquesces (auto-digests) quickly after spore release; difficult to find in good condition