Ramaria largentii    Marr & D.E. Stuntz 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Phallomycetidae/Gomphales/Gomphaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Aphyllophoromycetideae/Cantharellales/Clavariaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Clavaria aurea ss.Bres.)  

edibility : edible

potential confusions with Ramaria largentii toxicity of Ramaria largentii genus Ramaria  

The fruiting body is shaped like a branched shrub, with cylindrical branches, dark yellow to orange.

The flesh is white;

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods, in high altitude (Alps), on a rather calcareous soil.

The fruiting period takes place from July to October.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 8 cm (between 0 and 15 cm)
  total height approximately 15 cm (between 10 and 20 cm)

Distinctive features : branched, with reddish shades; lemon yellow in wounds and at the tips

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



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