Ramaria conjunctipes var. tsugensis Marr & D.E. Stuntz
Biblthca Mycol. 38: 65. 1974.

Common Name: none

• Habitat

  Solitary to scattered in soil under hemlock and spruce; common, fruiting from fall through mid-winter in northern coastal conifer forests.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  Ramaria conjunctipes var. tsugensis can be distinguished by its salmon-colored branches with yellow tips and fasciculate fruitbodies with numerous slender stipes fused at the base. Occasionally the branch tips of Ramaria conjunctipes var. tsugensis can be greenish. It is found commonly under hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) in Humboldt and Del Norte counties but occurs as far south as Mendocino County.

• References

  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
  • Ron Exeter: Ramaria conjunctipes var. tsugensis (CP)
  • Ron Exeter: Ramaria conjunctipes var. tsugensis (CP)
  • Ron Exeter: Ramaria conjunctipes var. tsugensis (CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Ramaria conjunctipes var. tsugensis (CP)
  • Kit Scates Barnhart: Ramaria conjunctipes var. tsugensis (CP)
  • Phillips: p. 293 (D & CP)
  
  

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