Ramaria botrytis (Pers.:Fr.) Bourdot
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common name(s) : Rosso Coral, Cauliflower Coral Fungus
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Phallomycetidae/Gomphales/Gomphaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Aphyllophoromycetideae/Cantharellales/Clavariaceae
synonyms: Ramaria acroporphyrea, Clavariella botrytis, Clavaria botrytis
(unconfirmed synonyms: Ramaria botrytes, Clavaria rufescens, Clavaria botrytes, Ramaria pseudobotrytis)
edibility : edible
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The fruiting body is shaped like a densely branched shrub or cauliflower, with cylindrical branches, pale, white then pale pink or ochre, without stem, but with a thick white trunk.
the odour is fruity or slightly vinegared.
The fertile surface is smooth.
It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved and sometimes coniferous woods, with spruce, beech.
The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: |
width of fruiting body approximately 12 cm (between 5 and 20 cm) |
| total height approximately 12 cm (between 5 and 20 cm) |
Distinctive features : cauliflower-like fruiting body, very branched; cylindrical branches, thick and short, white to yellow; tips of branches coloured in red or vinaceous red
Ramaria botrytis is rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Ramaria botrytis in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18