Biology:Ramaria sanguinea

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Short description: Species of fungus

Ramaria sanguinea
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Gomphales
Family: Gomphaceae
Genus: Ramaria
Species:
R. sanguinea
Binomial name
Ramaria sanguinea
(Pers.) Quél. (1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavaria sanguinea Pers. (1799)

Ramaria sanguinea, commonly known as the bleeding coral or the bloody coral, is a coral mushroom in the family Gomphaceae.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1799.[2] It was transferred to the genus Ramaria by Lucien Quélet in 1888.[3]

References

  1. "Ramaria sanguinea (Pers.) Quél. 1888". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=211961&Fields=All. Retrieved 2012-09-04. 
  2. Persoon CH. (1799) (in Latin). Observationes mycologicae. 2. Leipzig, Germany: Wolf. p. 61; table 3.3. 
  3. Quélet L. (1888) (in French). Flore mycologique de la France et des pays limitrophes. France: Octave Doin. p. 466. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10497175 entry