╔═ Photos
[ map ]47.4654°N 11.0334°E
╔═ Names
Scientific namePanellus mitis
Common namesElastic Oysterling
╔═ Nomenclature
Accepted namePanellus mitis(Pers.) Singer, 1936
BasionymAgaricus mitisPers., 1796
all names (7)
Variations
Panellus mitisvar.mitis(Pers.) Singer, 1936
Other names
Pleurotus mitis(Pers.) P. Karst., 1879
Urospora mitis(Pers.) Fayod, 1889
Urosporellina mitis(Pers.) E. Horak, 1968
Agaricus laccatusSchultz, 1806

Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

╔═ Classification
  • BasidiomycotaPhylum
  • └─ AgaricomycetesClass
  • └─ AgaricalesOrder
  • └─ MycenaceaeFamily
  • └─ PanellusGenus

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

╔═ Morphology

not recorded

╔═ Ecology

Dead conifer wood, especially spruce and fir twigs and branches

╔═ 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

not recorded

Inedible — tough and gelatinous

╔═ Key Features
  • ▸ White to cream, kidney- to fan-shaped, translucent caps, often with a pinkish tinge
  • ▸ Gelatinous, rubbery cap skin that can be peeled off
  • ▸ Dense white gills and a short, lateral, rudimentary stem
  • ▸ Grows attached to the underside of lying conifer branches, often from autumn to spring