Ramaria rubella

Ramaria rubella

Odor indistinct. Taste acrid. Stem very short, almost branched from base, up to 1 cm thick, with copius basal mycelium, white at base, upward concolorous with branches. Branches up to 4 mm thick, more or less strict to open and spreading, often flattened, especially at axils, and then branching somewhat antler-like, pink-tan, pale pink cinnamon, pale vinaceous cinnamon, to avellaneous, internodes diminishing gradually, axils narrowly to broadly rounded, usually sterile. Flesh white, tough. Hymenium usually unilateral, smooth, sterile surface rugulose, apparently somewhat paler than hymenium, apices delicate and erect to open and rounded, white to pale cream color, FSW deep olive-grey.