Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ AgaricomycetesClass
• └─ GomphalesOrder
• └─ GomphaceaeFamily
• └─ RamariaGenus

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

Lifestylemycorrhiza

Coniferous forest, on the ground among needle litter

⚠ 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

• edible when cooked

Edible when young; similar species can be bitter or toxic — identify with care

• ▸ Bright golden-yellow to orange coral-shaped fruit body with many upright branches
• ▸ Densely branching, like branching stag's horn
• ▸ Branch tips often darker yellow-orange
• ▸ Stout, fleshy base connecting the branches

A coral fungus that stands out vividly against the forest floor. It grows in coniferous forest, usually on the ground among needle litter.