Mushroom of the year

The mushroom of the year has been proclaimed annually by the German Society for Mycology since 1994 to draw attention to the endangerment of native mushrooms .

The mushroom of the year is selected according to the endangerment of the species or its habitat by humans. Mostly very conspicuous species are chosen so that recognition is also guaranteed for the mycological layperson .

Previous mushrooms of the year

year	German name	scientific name	Illustration
1994	Deciduous Forest Red Cap	Leccinum quercinum
1995	Tinder sponge	Fomes fomentarius
1996	Hawk fungus	Sarcodon imbricatus
1997	Women's Taubling	Russula cyanoxantha
1998	Pig's ear	Gomphus clavatus
1999	Satan's Röhrling	Rubroboletus satanas
2000	King Fly Agaric	Amanita regalis
2001	Spiky meander truffles	Choiromyces maeandriformis
2002	Orange-foxed rough head	Cortinarius orellanus
2003	Parrot green sapling	Hygrocybe psittacina
2004	Real dry rot	Serpula lacrymans
2005	Weather star	Astraeus hygrometricus
2006	Branched goatee	Hericium coralloides
2007	Doll core club	Cordyceps militaris
2008	Bronze bolete	Boletus aereus
2009	Blue bark mushroom	Terana caerulea
2010	Barn owl	Cortinarius praestans
2011	Red lattice	Clathrus ruber
2012	Gray craters	Craterellus cinereus
2013	Brown-green pet	Entoloma incanum
2014	Common crucible dearling	Crucibulum laeve
2015	Branched cup coral	Artomyces pyxidatus
2016	Lilastiel red chalk knight	Lepista saeva
2017	Judas ear	Auricularia auricula-judae
2018	Meadow mushroom	Agaricus campestris
2019	Green death cap mushroom	Amanita phalloides
2020	Common stinkhorn	Phallus impudicus

Web links

• Mushroom of the year. German Society for Mycology eV, accessed on October 13, 2019 .