Ramaria cyaneigranosa Marr & D.E. Stuntz var. persicina Marr & D.E. Stuntz
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
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
{See also Red Ramaria Table.} Ramaria cyaneigranosa var. persicina is small and fan-like, with peach or salmon branches that have minutely yellow-dotted tips.
Chemical Reactions:
stem flesh non-amyloid; ferric sulphate in water on stem flesh negative, (Exeter(3))
Odor:
mild (Scates-Barnhart)
Taste:
mild (Scates-Barnhart)
Microscopic:
spores 7-11 x 3.5-6 microns, average 9.6 x 4.7 microns, small lobed warts, basidia with protoplasm granular and cyanophilous, (Exeter(1)), other structures similar to other varieties of R. cyaneigranosa, (Marr), basidia not clamped (Exeter(3))
Notes:
It has been found at least in WA (Marr). There is a collection from BC at the University of British Columbia.
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
"The three varieties of R. cyaneigranosa are separated on fruiting body color, form, and spore length. Variety cyaneigranosa has the longest spores, the most intensely reddish branches, and yellow tips. Variety elongata has a slender spindly habit and reddish primordial tips fading during maturation but never yellow, and var. persicina is peach or salmon, not at all red, with minutely yellow-dotted tips." (Marr).Habitat
on ground under Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock), fall, (Marr)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Oligoporus guttulatus (Peck) Gilb. & Ryvarden
Postia guttulata (Sacc.) Julich