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Ramaria gelatinosa

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Ramaria gelatinosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Gomphales
Family: Gomphaceae
Genus: Ramaria
Species:
R. gelatinosa
Binomial name
Ramaria gelatinosa
Holmsk. (1790)

Ramaria gelatinosa, commonly known as the gelatinous coral, is a coral mushroom in the family Gomphaceae. It is found in Europe and North America. The species was first described by Theodor Holmskjold in 1790.[1]

The oregonensis variety, only reported from the Pacific Northwest,[2] is reportedly inedible,[3] as are most gelatinous species of the genus for most people.[2] Its flesh is translucent and gelatinous, and it has a yellow band on the top part of the stem.[2] It can be found growing around fallen wood.[2] It differs microscopically from var. gelatinosa.[2]

Similar species including R. flavigelatinosa, R. gelatiniaurantia, and R. sandaricina are only mildly gelatinous.[2]

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Ramaria gelatinosa
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Smooth hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
Stipe is bare
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is poisonous
  1. ^ Holmskjold T. (1790). Beata ruris otia fungis danicis. Vol. 1. Copenhagen, Denmark. p. 81.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
  3. ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.