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. |