Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ AgaricomycetesClass
• └─ AgaricalesOrder
• └─ TricholomataceaeFamily
• └─ TricholomaGenus

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

Lifestylemycorrhiza

On the ground in broadleaf and coniferous forest, often under beech

⚠ 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

• poisonous mushroom
• edible mushroom
• medicinal mushrooms

Poisonous (gastrointestinal)

• ▸ Uniform sulphur-yellow cap, gills and stem
• ▸ Strong smell of coal gas or tar
• ▸ Convex cap, later wavy and slightly scaly
• ▸ Yellow, distant gills, in places slightly decurrent