Ramaria gracilis    (Pers.:Fr.) Quél. 



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

synonyms: Clavaria gracilis 

edibility : inedible

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

The fruiting body is shaped like a very branched shrub, with cylindrical branches, white to dirty white then ochre pink, without stem, but with a thin central trunk, and a base with white mycelial strands.

the odour is of aniseed.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods, with spruce.

The fruiting period takes place from August to October.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 6 cm)
  total height approximately 4 cm (between 1 and 10 cm)
  width of stem approximately 4 mm (between 3 and 5 mm)

Distinctive features : branched, with thin branches and pointed tips, odour of aniseed; bitter taste

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



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