Ramaria sanguinea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Gomphales |
| Family: | Gomphaceae |
| Genus: | Ramaria |
| Species: | R. sanguinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Ramaria sanguinea | |
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Ramaria sanguinea, commonly known as the bleeding coral or the bloody coral, is a coral mushroom in the family Gomphaceae.
Taxonomy
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]
Description
It grows up to 25 centimetres (10 in) tall and wide. The branches are pale to translucent yellow, with somewhat brighter tips.[4] The stem often stains reddish. The flesh is whitish and tastes mild. The spore print is tannish.[4]
Specimens in western North America may be related species.[4]
References
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 |
- ^ "Ramaria sanguinea (Pers.) Quél. 1888". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
- ^ Persoon CH. (1799). Observationes mycologicae (in Latin). Vol. 2. Leipzig, Germany: Wolf. p. 61; table 3.3.
- ^ Quélet L. (1888). Flore mycologique de la France et des pays limitrophes (in French). France: Octave Doin. p. 466.
- ^ a b c Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. p. 653. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.