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