Species

Ramariopsis tortuosa

Common Name(s)

None

Qualifiers

2009 - OL

Authority

R.H.Petersen

Family

Gomphaceae, Basidiomycetes

Flora Category

Fungi - Native

Distribution

Northland

Features

The fruit bodies, which are up to 2 x 1.5 cm, are branched, hardly arbuscular, with all parts twisted and gnarled. They are white, but slowly change to tan here and there. The stipe (stalk) is up to 4 x 3 mm, and sometimes somewhat flattened. The branches are in 1–3 ranks, cylindrical to flattened, especially when dried. The apices are awl-shaped, usually minute, and white. Taste and odour are negligible. The spores are 3.2–4 x 2.5–3.2 µm, ellipsoid to ovate. They are smooth and thin-walled. In micromorphology, this species comes close to Ramariopsis subtilis from the Northern Hemisphere, with smooth, ellipsoid spores and white, branched fruit bodies. However, the spores of R. subtilis are larger than those of R. tortuosa. In addition, the fruit bodies of R. subtilis are arbuscular whereas those of R. tortuosa are gnarled and dry with strap-shaped branches.

Fruiting

Known from one collection made in June.

Substrate

Found on soil under Pinus rigida.

Where Held

PDD (holotype), TENN (isotype)

Extant Collections

1


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