Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ AgaricomycetesClass
• └─ ThelephoralesOrder
• └─ BankeraceaeFamily
• └─ HydnellumGenus

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

Coniferous forest

⚠ 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

• ▸ White to pinkish-brown velvety cap exuding red droplets when young
• ▸ Teeth/spines underneath instead of pores or gills
• ▸ Irregular, tough, fan-shaped fruit body
• ▸ Found growing on ground among moss in coniferous forest

Exudes bright red droplets when young, giving it a "bleeding" appearance; turns brown and tough with age