Yellowish coral
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Yellowish coral ( Ramaria flavescens ) |
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The yellowish coral ( Ramaria flavescens ) is a rare species of mushroom from the pig's ear relatives .
features
Macroscopic features
The fruiting body is 10–20 cm high and 10–15 cm wide. It divides from a stalk into numerous, at the end mostly forked, moist clearly marbled branches with often thorn-like outgrowths. They are salmon to apricot colored; the mostly short tips are yolk yellow when young, but later colored almost like the branches. The very strong, stem-like or bulbous stalk becomes 2–5 cm high and more or less tapers towards the base. It is white at the base and furthermore cream-colored. The meat is whitish, has a mild, later bitter taste and a pleasant odor.
Microscopic features
The spores are yellow and measure 9-13 by 4-5.5 micrometers.
Species delimitation
In general, there is great similarity and likelihood of confusion between the yellow coral species. The golden yellow ( Ramaria aurea ), the three-colored ( R. formosa ) and the blood-red-spotted coral ( R. sanguinea ) are very similar . The tri-colored coral has U-shaped branches and slightly livelier colors. With the blood-stained end, the stalk gets blood-red stains when touched. The pale, whitish bellyache coral can also be used for confusion.
Ecology and phenology
It is a mycorrhizal fungus that grows in deciduous, more rarely in mixed forests, mainly with beeches and on calcareous soil. It mostly fructifies in groups or rings from August to October.
Spread and endangerment
It occurs in Europe and is rare and endangered. It is listed on several national Red Lists of endangered species (including the Danish, Finnish and Czech), partly as endangered species.
Systematics and taxonomy
Formerly the yellow coral and other species of the genus were combined with the golden yellow coral .
meaning
The mushroom is described partly as edible young , partly as slightly poisonous. Older specimens can easily become bitter. After a latency of half an hour to three hours, it leads to gastrointestinal complaints and, in susceptible persons, to more severe symptoms. Due to its rarity, it should be spared anyway.
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- ↑ Hans E. Laux: The great cosmos mushroom guide. All edible mushrooms with their poisonous doppelgangers. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-440-08457-4 , p. 476.
- ^ A b Hans E. Laux: Edible mushrooms and their poisonous doppelgangers . Collect mushrooms - the right way. Kosmos Verlags-GmbH, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-440-10240-4 , p. 44 .
- ↑ Markus Flück: Which mushroom is that? 3. Edition. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-440-11561-9 , pp. 341 .
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://ymparisto.fi/download.asp?contentid=123022 ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://wsl.ch/eccf/Czech07.pdf
