Ramaria eumorpha    (P. Karst.) Corner 



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

synonyms: Ramaria invalii 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Ramaria corrugata)  

edibility : unknown edibility

photo gallery of Ramaria eumorpha
photo gallery of Ramaria eumorpha potential confusions with Ramaria eumorpha toxicity of Ramaria eumorpha genus Ramaria  

The fruiting body is shaped like a branched shrub, with cylindrical branches, ochre yellowish, 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 coniferous woods, sometimes also with deciduous trees, with spruce, pine, birch, oaks.

The fruiting period takes place from August to October.
Dimensions:
  total height approximately 6 cm (between 3 and 8 cm)

Chemical tests : white flesh turning reddish-orange when in contact with potash (KOH).

Distinctive features : branched, with branches not turning brown when touched; bright yellow tips

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



page updated on 14/01/18