Ramaria aurea    (Schaeff.) Quél. 

common name(s) : Golden Coral Fungus 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Phallomycetidae/Gomphales/Gomphaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Aphyllophoromycetideae/Cantharellales/Clavariaceae  

synonyms: Clavaria aurea, Clavariella aurea 

edibility : discard

potential confusions with Ramaria aurea toxicity of Ramaria aurea genus Ramaria  

The fruiting body is shaped like a branched shrub, with 2 or 3-tooth forked cylindrical branches, orange-yellow to golden yellow, without stem, but with a thick white to cream trunk.

its taste is pleasant;

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved and coniferous woods, in damp areas, with spruce, pine, beech.

The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 10 cm (between 5 and 15 cm)
  total height approximately 13 cm (between 6 and 20 cm)

Distinctive features : golden yellow coral-like fruiting body; branched, with cylindrical branches; round tips, like a cauliflower, with a brighter coulour in the youth; white flesh, pale-cream trunk; under deciduous trees

Ramaria aurea is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Ramaria aurea in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Ramaria aurea in the forest of Rambouillet



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