╔═ Names
Scientific nameMucidula mucida
Common namesPorcelain Fungus
╔═ Nomenclature
all names (24)
Variations
Mucidula mucidasubsp.mucida(Schrad.) Pat., 1887 Mucidula mucidavar.mucida(Schrad.) Pat., 1887 Mucidula mucidaf.mucida(Schrad.) Pat., 1887 Other names
Armillaria mucida(Schrad.) P. Kumm., 1871
Collybia mucida(Schrad.) Quél., 1886
Hypophyllum mucidum(Schrad.) Paulet, 1808
Lepiota mucida(Schrad.) J. Schröt., 1889
Mastoleucomyces mucidus(Schrad.) Kuntze, 1891
Oudemansiella mucida(Schrad.) Höhn., 1910
Agaricus mucidusvar.epigaeusAlb. & Schwein., 1805 Agaricus mucidusvar.fagineusAlb. & Schwein., 1805 Agaricus olivaceofuscusHornem., 1808
Armillaria epigaea(Alb. & Schwein.) Gillet, 1874
Armillaria mucidavar.favaceaRick, 1939 Armillaria mucidavar.olivaceofusca(Hornem.) Sacc., 1887 Mucidula mucidaf.asiatica(R.H. Petersen) Vizzini, Gelardi, L. Perrone & Jing Z. Sun, 2012 Mucidula mucidasubsp.venosolamellata(Imazeki & Toki) Vizzini, Gelardi & L. Perrone, 2012 Mucidula mucidavar.asiaticaR.H. Petersen, 2010 Mucidula mucidavar.venosolamellata(Imazeki & Toki) R.H. Petersen, 2010 Mucidula venosolamellataImazeki & Toki, 1955
Oudemansiella mucidavar.pseudorhizaZhu L. Yang & M. Zang, 1993 Oudemansiella venosolamellata(Imazeki & Toki) Imazeki & Hongo, 1957
Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.
╔═ Classification
- BasidiomycotaPhylum
- └─ AgaricomycetesClass
- └─ AgaricalesOrder
- └─ PhysalacriaceaeFamily
- └─ MucidulaGenus
Higher ranks from Catalogue of Life (COL26.9 XR).
╔═ Morphology
not recorded
╔═ Ecology
On dead and dying branches and trunks of beech, occasionally oak
╔═ Foraging status
Species protectionNo species-specific restriction under federal law
Red List (Germany)* — Not threatened
⚠ 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
╔═ Edibility
Edible after thorough cleaning, but of little culinary value because of the slimy cap
╔═ Key Features
- ▸ Porcelain-white, shiny, slimy cap, grey-brown towards the centre
- ▸ Wide, distant, white gills
- ▸ Slender white stem with a flimsy ring that soon comes off
- ▸ Grows in clusters on dead and dying beech wood
