Ramaria gelatiniaurantia Marr & D.E. Stuntz
Biblthca Mycol. 38: 93. 1974.

Common Name: none

• Description

  For descriptions see Exeter et al. & 'California Mushrooms'.

• Habitat

  Solitary to scattered in soil under conifers (western hemlock, Sitka spruce); uncommon, fruiting from fall through mid-winter in the North Coast Ranges.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  Ramaria gelatiniaurantia it can recognized by orange branches with orange tips, and gelatinous, marbled stipe context tissues. Ramaria flavigelatinosa, which may grow in the same habitat, differs in forming yellow branches with bright yellow tips. Ramaria sandracina var. chondrobasis has salmon-orange to orangish yellow branches with concolorous tips and can be distinguished from R. gelatiniaurantia primarily by the presence of clamp connections.

• References

  Castellano, M.A., Smith, J.E., O'Dell, T., Cázares, E. & Nugent, S. (1999). Handbook to Strategy 1 Fungal Species in the Northwest Forest Plan. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: Portland, OR. 195 p. (PDF)
  Desjardin, D.E., Wood, M.G. & Stevens, F.A. (2015). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Timber Press: Portland, OR. 560 p.
  Exeter, R.L., Norvell, L. & Cázares, E. (2006). Ramaria of the Pacific Northwestern United States. United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management: Salem, OR. 157 p. (PDF)
  Marr, C.D. & Stuntz, D.E. (1973). Ramaria of Western Washington (Bibliotheca Mycologica, Band 38). J. Cramer: Vaduz, Liechtenstein. 232 p. (Protologue)

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  Main Photo
  • Michael Wood: Ramaria gelatiniaurantia (CP)
  • Currie Marr: Ramaria gelatiniaurantia (CP) — holotype
  • Handbook to Strategy 1 Fungal Species in the NW Forest Plan: Ramaria gelatiniaurantia (D & CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Ramaria gelatiniaurantia (CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)