Ramaria cedretorum

An uncommon autumnal species found under pines or cedars, collected for this study under Pinus sylvestris, with coralloid fruit bodies up to 15 cm across, richly branched, of a striking lilac color, with white flesh in cross section, without distinct odor and with a barely bitter taste.

Hyphal system monomitic, with cylindrical, hyaline tramal hyphae, moderately thick-walled, 3 to 8 µm wide, arranged more or less parallel, septate with clamped septa.

Cystidia absent.

Basidia clavate, 60 to 85 µm long, 8 to 12 µm wide, with basal clamp connections and predominantly four-spored.

Spores ellipsoidal to oblong, hyaline, moderately thick-walled and slightly verrucose, with a pointed, curved end bearing the apiculus, 8 to 11 µm long, 4 to 6 µm wide, covered across their entire surface with warts, and inamyloid in Melzer's reagent.