Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ AgaricomycetesClass
• └─ CantharellalesOrder
• └─ HydnaceaeFamily
• └─ CraterellusGenus

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

Lifestylesaprobiont

Deciduous and mixed woodland, often along paths and in mossy, grassy spots

⚠ 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

• choice mushroom
• edible mushroom

Edible, but of lesser value than the chanterelle because of its thin flesh

• ▸ Slender, deeply funnel-shaped cap with a strongly wavy, lobed margin
• ▸ Thin, forked and cross-veined yellow false gills running down the stem (no true gills)
• ▸ Very slender, hollow, smooth yellow stem
• ▸ Faint fruity smell and mild taste

Thin flesh, so the slender stems make up most of the meal; a good mushroom to dry.