Overview
- The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mykologie announced the selection on October 4 and described wild populations as rare and threatened.
- Cultivation and gourmet sales are expanding, with fresh farmed mushrooms offered in specialty and online shops for up to €30 per kilogram.
- The species fruits on fresh deadwood in humid deciduous forests, typically on mature beech or oak.
- The natural range spans Europe, North and Central America, and East Asia.
- In Germany, occurrences are concentrated in near-natural, deadwood-rich mixed forests of the North‑East German lowlands, where wild stands should be left undisturbed.