Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Light Red Coral Mushroom

Ramaria araiospora Fruit body 5-13cm high, 2-8cm wide; up to 6 branches coming from the base then branching repeatedly, most quite slender and forking at the tips; red fading to light red with red tips, becoming yellow or orange. Base 20-30 x 15mm, single, slightly bulbous; white or yellowish white discoloring brownish white; base covered with thin white matted hairs; nonamyloid. Flesh fleshy-fibrous becoming brittle; same color as fruit body. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores subcylindrical, ornamented with linearly lobed warts. Deposit yellowish. No clamps present. Habitat on the ground under western hemlock. Found in the Pacific Northwest and California. Season September-November. Edible-good.