Species
Ramaria botrytis (Rosso coral)
Ramaria botrytis. Photo: (c) Eitel Carlos Thielemann Pinto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Ramaria botrytis, commonly known as the clustered coral, the pink-tipped coral mushroom, or the cauliflower coral, is an edible species of coral fungus in the family Gomphaceae. Its robust fruit body can grow up to 15 cm (6 in) in diameter and 20 cm (8 in) tall, and resembles some marine coral. Its dense branches, which originate from a stout, massive base, are swollen at the tips and divided into several small branchlets. The branches are initially whitish but age…
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