Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ AgaricomycetesClass
• └─ AgaricalesOrder
• └─ SchizophyllaceaeFamily
• └─ SchizophyllumGenus

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

Lifestylesaprobiontparasitism

Dead/dying hardwood

⚠ 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

• inedible mushroom
• edible mushroom
• medicinal mushrooms

Edible when young; small and tough

• ▸ Radiating "split" gills: each fertile fold is split lengthwise
• ▸ Small, white to grey, densely hairy/fuzzy caps
• ▸ No stem
• ▸ Fan- or semicircular shape
• ▸ Numerous fruit bodies forming a cluster along the branch

When dry, the split edges of the folds curl inward to protect the spore-producing surface; when wet they open again.