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Ramaria sanguinea

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Ramaria sanguinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Gomphales
Family: Gomphaceae
Genus: Ramaria
Species:
R. sanguinea
Binomial name
Ramaria sanguinea
(Pers.) Quél. (1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavaria sanguinea Pers. (1799)

Ramaria sanguinea, commonly known as the bleeding coral or the bloody coral, is a coral mushroom in the family Gomphaceae.

Taxonomy

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The species was first described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1799.[2] It was transferred to the genus Ramaria by Lucien Quélet in 1888.[3]

References

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Ramaria sanguinea
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Smooth hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
Stipe is bare
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is unknown
  1. ^ "Ramaria sanguinea (Pers.) Quél. 1888". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  2. ^ Persoon CH. (1799). Observationes mycologicae (in Latin). Vol. 2. Leipzig, Germany: Wolf. p. 61; table 3.3.
  3. ^ Quélet L. (1888). Flore mycologique de la France et des pays limitrophes (in French). France: Octave Doin. p. 466.