Ramaria gracilis

Growing directly from soil or on decaying coniferous wood debris, coralloid from a common base, 3 to 5 cm in diameter, whitish to pale yellowish ochre, unchanging upon handling, with an anise-like odor and slightly bitter taste.

Hyphal system monomitic, with contextual hyphae cylindrical, hyaline, thin-walled, arranged more or less parallel, 1.5 to 3.5 µm in diameter, septate and with prominent clamp connections at the septa.

Cystidia absent.

Basidia cylindrical-clavate, 30 to 40 µm long, 5 to 7 µm wide, with basal clamp connections and four-spored.

Spores ellipsoidal, moderately thick-walled and slightly verrucose, with a pointed end bearing the apiculus, 5.5 to 7.5 µm long, 2.8 to 3.5 µm wide, covered across their entire surface with warts, and inamyloid in Melzer's reagent.