Ramaria violaceibrunnea
Acta Bot. Yunn. 8(3): 293. 1986.
Common Name: none
Synonym: Ramaria fennica var. violaceibrunnea Marr & D. E. Stuntz
For descriptions see Exeter et al. & 'California Mushrooms'.
Solitary to scattered in soil under tanbark oak and conifers (Douglas fir, western hemlock); fairly common, fruiting from fall through mid-winter along the coast and in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges.
Unknown.
Ramaria violaceibrunnea is distinguished by coloration that is violet when fresh, later turning brown. Fruitbodies grow under conifers and are usually taller than broad, with violet to brown open branches arising from a stout white stipe. The rare Ramaria purpurissima, another purple species from montane conifer forests, differs in forming larger fruitbodies with a massive stipe and branches that retain a purple to violet color throughout maturation.
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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)
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