Ramaria acrisiccescens
species of fungus
Ramaria acrisiccescens, commonly known as the blah coral, is a coral fungus in the family Gomphaceae. It is found in the forests of northwestern North America.
Taxonomy
The species was first described scientifically by mycologists Currie Marr and Daniel Stuntz in their 1974 monograph, "Ramaria of western Washington". The holotype was collected in 1966 about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Elbe, Washington. It is classified in the subgenus Laeticolora. It is commonly known as the "blah coral".
Description
The whitish fruit bodies are large, generally taller than wide, measuring 5–29 cm (2–11+3⁄8 in) tall by 1.5–18 cm (5⁄8–7+1⁄8 in) wide. The stipe, which is often deeply buried, is slender and tapered, measuring 1.5–9 cm (5⁄8–3+1⁄2 in) by 1–3 cm (3⁄8–1+1⁄8 in) wide. Fruit bodies consist of elongated branches with roughly parallel arrangements. Each branch itself branches up to 9 times in a dichotomous fashion; each of these branches is slender, typically 1–12 mm in diameter.
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