Ramaria stuntzii Marr
no common name
Gomphaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Gomphaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Species Information
Summary:
{See also Red Ramaria Table.} Ramaria stuntzii has a medium-sized fruitbody that is robust. When young it is scarlet and cauliflower-like with a white base, elongating and fading to more orange as it gets older. It has a strong amyloid reaction in the stem flesh.
Chemical Reactions:
stem flesh strongly and rapidly amyloid when a drop of Melzer''s reagent is applied to a freshly cut surface; a green reaction occurs on the hymenial surface when a drop of 10% aqueous FeSO4 is applied, (Bessette), ferric sulphate in water negative with stem flesh, (Exeter)
Odor:
not distinctive (Marr)
Taste:
slightly bitter (Marr)
Microscopic:
spores 7-10 x 3-5 microns, average 8.3 x 4 microns, verrucose, basidia with cyanophilic and granular inclusions; clamp connections absent, (Exeter(1)), spores "with small lobed warts", illustrated with fine angled lines that are mostly short; basidia 1-4-spored (mostly 4-spored), 45-75 x 7-10(12) microns, clavate, clampless, inclusions cyanophilic and granular, (Marr), basidia without clamp connections (Exeter(3))
Spore Deposit:
apricot yellow'' (Marr, color from Kornerup(2))
Notes:
Collections were examined from WA and CA, (Marr). It is also found in OR (Castellano). Distribution is the Pacific Northwest from BC south to CA: it is uncommon, (Bessette).
EDIBILITY
yes (Scates-Barnhart), unknown (Bessette)
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Ramaria araiospora and Ramaria cyaneigranosa are a different color of red and are less robust in habit - the stem flesh is inamyloid, (Marr). Note that some collections of R. araiospora var. araiospora are amyloid, (Scates-Barnhart). See also SIMILAR section of Ramaria cyaneigranosa var. cyaneigranosa.Habitat
on ground in old coniferous forest, usually Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock), occasionally in fairy rings, fall, (Scates-Barnhart), on ground under Western Hemlock, usually produces a large number of fruitbodies in a fairy ring, (Marr)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Suillus acerbus A.H. Sm. & Thiers