Ramaria sanguinea

Ramaria sanguinea, commonly known as the bleeding coral or the bloody coral, is a coral mushroom in the family Gomphaceae.

Ramaria sanguinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Gomphales
Family:
Gomphaceae
Genus:
Ramaria
Species:
R. sanguinea
Binomial name
Ramaria sanguinea
(Pers.) Quél. (1888)
Synonyms[1]

Clavaria sanguinea Pers. (1799)

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1799.[2] It was transferred to the genus Ramaria by Lucien Quélet in 1888.[3]

References
  1. "Ramaria sanguinea (Pers.) Quél. 1888". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  2. Persoon CH. (1799). Observationes mycologicae (in Latin). 2. Leipzig, Germany: Wolf. p. 61; table 3.3.
  3. Quélet L. (1888). Flore mycologique de la France et des pays limitrophes (in French). France: Octave Doin. p. 466.


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