Gomphaceae
6 genera
62 species
37 subspecies and varieties
62 species
37 subspecies and varieties
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Gomphus clavatus – pig's-ear gomphus, pig's-ear, pig's-ears
Distribution: Western
Habitat: Conifer forests
Distribution: Western
Habitat: Conifer forests
Gomphus floccosus – scaly chanterelle, scaly vase chanterelle, wooly chanterelle
Description: Not truly wooly, Gomphus floccosus is more accurately characterized by the coarse scales that usually line its deeply vase-shaped cap. However, it is a highly variable fungus and the degree of scaliness is by no means constant. In its common form, the cap when fresh is a deep reddish orange, but fades with age and old pale specimens can be found that might seem to be a different fungus. The fertile surface is whitish to pale yellowish and highly wrinkled and forked, with portions appearing almost like pores in older specimens. The size of the fruitbodies varies from small-medium to fairly large and the shape can be tall and slender or short and squatty with the vase shape being more or less developed.
Distribution: Broad Common in Western and North America
Habitat: Conifer Forests; woodland
Description: Not truly wooly, Gomphus floccosus is more accurately characterized by the coarse scales that usually line its deeply vase-shaped cap. However, it is a highly variable fungus and the degree of scaliness is by no means constant. In its common form, the cap when fresh is a deep reddish orange, but fades with age and old pale specimens can be found that might seem to be a different fungus. The fertile surface is whitish to pale yellowish and highly wrinkled and forked, with portions appearing almost like pores in older specimens. The size of the fruitbodies varies from small-medium to fairly large and the shape can be tall and slender or short and squatty with the vase shape being more or less developed.
Distribution: Broad Common in Western and North America
Habitat: Conifer Forests; woodland
Gomphus kauffmanii – Kauffman's gomphus
Distribution: Western Western North America
Habitat: Old-growth conifer forests; conifer forests in general
Distribution: Western Western North America
Habitat: Old-growth conifer forests; conifer forests in general
Ramaria abietina – green-staining coral
Distribution: It occurs across the U.S. and Canada and also in Europe and Asia.
Distribution: It occurs across the U.S. and Canada and also in Europe and Asia.
Ramaria amyloidea – pale peach rusty-root
Ramaria araiospora
Distribution: Restricted to the PNW.
Distribution: Restricted to the PNW.
• var. araiospora – carmine coral, light red coral
• var. rubella – crimson coral
Ramaria botrytis – cauliflower coral, clustered coral, wine-tipped coral, pink-tipped coral mushroom
Ramaria celerivirescens – gold rusty-root
Ramaria cyaneigranosa
• var. cyaneigranosa – pink coral
• var. elongata – pink pencils
• var. persicina – peach fan
Ramaria cystidiophora
• var. citronella – lemon fuzzy-foot
• var. cystidiophora – fuzzy-footed coral, fuzzy-foot
• var. fabiolens – beany fuzzy-foot
Ramaria formosa – yellow-tipped coral
Ramaria gelatinosa
• var. oregonensis – gelatinous coral, Oregon gelatinous coral, gelatinous coral mushroom
Ramaria largentii – golden coral, Largent's coral
Ramaria leptoformosa – slim formosa
Ramaria longispora – formosetta
Ramaria maculatipes – formosa stainer
Ramaria magnipes
Habitat: Occurs mostly in the mountains east of the Cascade crest.
Habitat: Occurs mostly in the mountains east of the Cascade crest.
• var. magnipes – big-base goldie
Ramaria rubiginosa – yellow winey-base
Ramaria rubrievanescens – pale pinky
Ramaria rubripermanens – perma pinky
Ramaria stricta
• var. stricta – straight coral, straight-branched coral, upright coral, strict coral mushroom
Ramaria testaceoflava – brunnea
Ramaria velocimutans – white rusty-root
Ramaria vinosimaculans – pale winey-base
