Ramaria stricta

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Ramaria stricta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Gomphales
Family: Gomphaceae
Genus: Ramaria
Species:
R. stricta
Binomial name
Ramaria stricta
(Pers.) Quél. (1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavaria stricta Pers. (1795)
  • Clavaria syringarum Pers. (1822)
  • Merisma strictum (Pers.)
    Spreng.
    (1827)
  • Clavaria pruinella Ces. (1861)
  • Clavariella stricta (Pers.)
    P.Karst.
    (1882)
  • Corallium stricta (Pers.) G.Hahn (1883)
  • Lachnocladium odoratum G.F.Atk. (1908)
Ramaria stricta
mycorrhizal
Edibility is inedible

Ramaria stricta,

coniferous trees. Its fruit body is up to 10 cm (3+7⁄8 in) tall, made of multiple slender, compact, and vertical parallel branches. Its color is typically light tan to vinaceous
-brown. All parts of the mushroom will bruise when handled. There are several lookalike corals that can usually be distinguished from R. stricta by differences in coloration, bruising reaction, or microscopic features. The fungus is inedible due to its unpleasant odor and bitter taste.

Taxonomy

The species was originally

Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1795.[3] In 1888, French mycologist Lucien Quélet transferred the species to the genus Ramaria.[4]

It is commonly known as the "upright coral".[5]

Description

The color of the fruit body is brownish to yellow, becoming paler toward extremities.

rhizomorphs radiating from the base. The odor is of anise and the taste is bitter.[8]

The fruit bodies have been described as "edible but unpalatable,"[9] although later field guides say the species is inedible.[10][11]

The

basidia have basal clamps are mostly four-spored, and sometimes have cyanophilous granular contents.[8]

Variants

Several variants have been described:

var. alba
var. concolor
var. fumida
var. violaceo-tincta

Similar species

Another widespread and common coral, R. apiculata, typically grows on conifer wood, and bruises brown like R. stricta, but it has green pigmentation.[9] R. apiculata is a dull buff-tan to dull orange-brown, and young fruit bodies often have white branch tips.[12] R. gracilis prefers conifer wood, and has lighter colors than R. stricta. The tropical R. moelleriana can only be reliably distinguished from R. sticta by location and microscopic characteristics.[5] R. flava is mycorrhizal, and grows under coniferous and deciduous trees. Its fruit bodies are typically taller, have a more unpleasant odor, and a less bitter taste.[13] R. rubella (also known as R. acris) is pinkish tan, and R. tsugina stains green.[6]

Distribution and habitat

Ramaria stricta has a

coniferous trees.[14] The form that grows on deciduous wood tends to be more orange and less bushy than those which grow on coniferous wood. Fruit bodies can form in "log lines" where decaying wood is buried underground near the surface, or is in an advanced state of decomposition.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Ramaria stricta (Pers.) Quél. 1888". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  2. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5
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  3. ^ Persoon CH. (1795). "Observationes mycologicae". Annalen der Botanik (Usteri). 15: 1–39.
  4. ^ Quélet L. (1888). Flore mycologique de la France et des pays limitrophes (in French). Paris, France: Octave Doin. p. 464.
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-0-226-72117-0
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  6. ^
    ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5
    .
  7. ^
    ISBN 0-919433-47-2
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  8. ^
    ISBN 0-89301-097-9
    .
  9. ^
    ISBN 0-520-03656-5
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  10. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2
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  11. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1
    .
  12. ^
    ISBN 0-89815-169-4
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  13. ISBN 0-681-45384-2
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  14. ^ Corner EJH. (1950). A monograph of Clavaria and allied genera. Annals of Botany Memoirs. Vol. 1. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 623–4.
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