Thelephora terrestris - The mushroom takes different shapes; is woody, rospostarto-bent or outspread (usually older sporocarps); regularly or irregularly funnel-like, forms half-rosettes; consisting of a cap and a more or less pronounced shaft; tobacco gray, brownish or chocolate with lighter - gray - fan / funnel edges; hymenophore almost smooth, rough, roughened, leathery at the edges; from the bottom slightly papillary; rising up can reach up to 100 mm in height; fan-shaped parts of the cap grow to 6 mm wide.

Stem usually indistinctly separated from the cap; the same color as the hat.

Hard, woody flesh; gives off a strong, acidic odor when ground.

Occurrence: Very common; sporocarps can be found throughout the year, growing massively in summer and autumn in coniferous and mixed forests; grows on the ground or on coniferous wood, as well as on live plants that are overgrown with fruiting bodies; it is not a parasite, but it often grows enormously low plants and twigs, resulting in inhibition of their development.

Value: Inedible.