Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ DacrymycetesClass
• └─ DacrymycetalesOrder
• └─ DacrymycetaceaeFamily
• └─ DacrymycesGenus

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

not recorded

Dead conifer wood, especially 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

not recorded

Inedible — no culinary value

• ▸ Bright orange-yellow, gelatinous fruit bodies, cushion- to disc-shaped
• ▸ Several centimetres wide, limp and slimy
• ▸ Grows on dead conifer wood, often in large clusters
• ▸ Dries out to a reddish-brown, horny film

In Europe the Dacrymyces jelly fungi grow mainly on conifer wood and can be confused with the yellow witch's butter (Tremella mesenterica) found on hardwoods.