Ramaria cystidiophora, commonly known as the fuzzy-footed coral, is a coral mushroom in the family Gomphaceae. It is in the Laeticolora subgenus of Ramaria.[2] The branches are yellow, sometimes brighter at the tips, growing from a fuzzy white stem.[2] The odour is sweet.[2]
| Ramaria cystidiophora | |
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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. cystidiophora
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| Binomial name | |
| Ramaria cystidiophora | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clavaria cystidiophora Kauffman (1928) | |
While the species is relatively unlikely to be confused with another, several varieties exist – for instance var. anisata, which is of a peach hue.[2]
Taxonomy
editThe species was first described as Clavaria cystidiophora by Calvin Henry Kauffman in 1928.[3] E.J.H. Corner transferred it to the genus Ramaria in 1950.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Ramaria cystidiophora (Kauffman) Corner 1950". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
- ^ a b c d Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
- ^ Kauffman CH. (1928). "Cystidia in the genus Clavaria and some undescribed species". Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences. 8: 141–51.
- ^ Corner EJH. (1950). A monograph of Clavaria and allied genera. Annals of Botany Memoirs. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 573.
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