Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• AscomycotaPhylum
• └─ PezizomycetesClass
• └─ PezizalesOrder
• └─ OtideaceaeFamily
• └─ OtideaGenus

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

not recorded

On soil in broadleaf and mixed forest, along woodland paths

⚠ 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 — of no culinary value

• ▸ Ear- to cup-shaped fruit body, split down one side to the base
• ▸ Clay- to leather-yellow (tan) colour, paler on the outside
• ▸ Smooth spore-bearing inner surface, outer surface minutely powdered
• ▸ Grows on the ground, often in clusters

A relative of the cup fungi (Peziza); one of the commonest 'Öhrlinge' and typical of damp, mossy woodland paths.