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Ramaria conjunctipes var.tsugensis.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Ramaria conjunctipes Mushroom
Ref No: 9021
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Orange
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent, Bulbous base of stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Ramaria conjunctipes (Coker) Corner var.tsugensis Marr & Stuntz Fruit body 4.5-18cm high, 3-7cm wide; branches of individual fruit bodies slender, hollow, branching, compact, and almost parallel, divided near the tips; salmon- or peach-colored with a waxy, translucent quality, light yellow tips, faint mauve areas where bruised. Base generally a close cluster of up to 10 steeply tapered to slightly bulbous stems; underground portion white, covered with white matted hairs; nonamyloid. Flesh fleshy-pliable, rubbery, drying brittle and looking like translucent plastic; same color as fruit body. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores ovoid or ellipsoid, finely ornamented with linearly lobed warts, 6-10 x 4-6.5µ. Deposit golden yellow. No clamps present. Habitat on the ground under western hemlock. Found in the Pacific Northwest. Season September-October. Edibility not known -avoid, many Ramarias can cause stomach upset.

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