Ramaria
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 R. aurea
Albin Schmalfuß, 1897 |
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The genus Ramaria comprises many species of coral fungi. Several, such as Ramaria flava, are edible and picked in Europe, though they are easily confused with several mildly poisonous species capable of causing nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea; these include R. formosa and R. pallida.
The genus name is derived from Latin rāmus 'branch', while the specific epithet comes from the Latin formōsus 'beautiful'.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Simpson, D.P. (1979). Cassell's Latin Dictionary, 5, London: Cassell Ltd., 883. ISBN 0-304-52257-0.
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