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Ramaria botrytis.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Clavaire chou-fleur, Hahnenkamm, Rosso Coral
Ramaria botrytis Mushroom
Ref No: 9261
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Ramaria botrytis2 Mushroom
Ref No: 9262
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: White to cream, Red or redish or pink, Orange
normal size: over 15cm
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Ramaria botrytis (Fr.) Ricken. Hahnenkamm Clavaire chou-fleur, Rosso Coral. Fruit body 7–15cm high, 6–20cm wide, white at first becoming tan or ochraceous with pink, red or purplish tips, numerous thick, much-branched, crowded branches arising from stout stem (3–4 x 1.5–6cm). Taste and smell pleasant, fruity. Spores ochraceous, oblong-elliptic, longitudinally striate, 14–16(20) x 4.5–5.5µ. Habitat terrestrial, in broad-leaved woods. Season late summer to late autumn. Rare. Edible with caution. Distribution, America and Europe.

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