Ramaria flaccida    (Fr.) Bourdot 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Phallomycetidae/Gomphales/Gomphaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Aphyllophoromycetideae/Cantharellales/Clavariaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Phaeoclavulina falccida, Clavaria crispula, Ramaria crispula, Clavaria flaccida)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Ramaria flaccida toxicity of Ramaria flaccida genus Ramaria  

The fruiting body is shaped like a branched shrub, with cylindrical branches, uniformly yellowish to ochre, without stem, but with a slender white trunk with white mycelial strands at the base.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved and coniferous woods.

The fruiting period takes place from July to October.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 2.5 cm (between 1 and 4 cm)
  total height approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 7 cm)

Chemical tests : negative reaction of flesh when exposed to potash (KOH).

Distinctive features : branching; bitter taste; often in fused tufts; thin and erect branches, very close to each other;

Ramaria flaccida is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .



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