Image of Ramaria stricta (Pers.) Quél. 1888
Description:
Slo.: opiasta griva - Habitat: Humid place in shade; mixed wood side; on an old compost heap made of plant and wood debris, kitchen waste and a lot of ashes and charcoal from a wood stove; almost flat terrain, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 600 m (1.950 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: compost hip. - Comments: Possibly Ramaria flaccida? Growing in a fairly large group, many fruitbodies, sporocarps 4-5 cm high (1.5 to 2 inches), SP ocher-brown, flesh not bruising green (as for R. flaccida), huge firm white mycelium. Spores almost smooth, dimensions: 7.1 (SD = 0.5) x 3.8 (SD = 0.2) micr., Q = 1.87 (SD = 0.14), n = 30. Motic B2-211A, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. - Ref.: (1) Personal communication with Mr. Anton Poler. (2) D.Arora, Mushrooms Demystified, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley (1986), p 648. (3) M.Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 308. (4) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 1035. (5) R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 141. (6) http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=356845 (for R. flaccida).
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- Basidiomycota (basidiomycete fungi)
- Agaricomycetes (Mushroom-Forming Fungi)
- Gomphales
- Gomphaceae
- Ramaria
- Ramaria stricta
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