Ramaria fagetorum    Maas Geest. ex Schild 



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

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Ramaria fagetorum toxicity of Ramaria fagetorum genus Ramaria  

The fruiting body is shaped like a branched shrub, with cylindrical branches, bright pink then ochre yellowish with shades of pink-salmon, without stem, but with a massive white trunk.

The flesh is whitish, marbled;

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved woods, with beech.

The fruiting period takes place from August to October.
Dimensions:
  total height approximately 7 cm (between 4 and 10 cm)

Distinctive features : branched; ochre-yellow tips

Ramaria fagetorum is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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