Key to Danish species of Echinostelium de Bary
| 1 | Sporocarps with a branched capillitium, which mostly arises from a hort columella. | E. minutum de Bary |
| 1' | Sporocarps devoid of capillitium. Columella sperical or spindle-shaped. | 2 |
| 2 (1) | Columella spindle-shaped, pale brownish. Spores smooth with a thin-walled area. | E. fragile Nann.-Bremek. |
| 2' | Columella hemispherical, often on a very short stalk. Spores very delicately warted. | E. brooksii K.D. Whitney |