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Corals
| Is it single, cylindrical to club-shaped?
Yes |
Does it have multiple-branched fruiting bodies?
Yes |
| Is it cylindric, deep violet, brittle clubs; taste
disagreeable?
Yes |
Is it of a different shape and not violet?
Yes |
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You have a Clavaria
zollingeri |
| Is it expanded at the top, forming a flattened top;
orange-yellow; taste sweet?
Yes |
Is it club-shaped, but not flattened; color different
than orange-yellow; taste bitter?
Yes |
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You have a Clavariadelphus
truncatus |
| Is it wrinkled over the top; orange-red?
Yes |
Is it narrowly club-shaped; salmon colored?
Yes |
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You have a Clavariadelphus
pistillaris |
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You have a Clavariadelphus
ligula |
| Is it delicately branched, without a fleshy base;
spores white?
Yes |
Does it have coarse branches, blunt or flattened?
Yes |
| Are the branches irregular, smoky-gray?
Yes |
Are the branches irregular to equal and not smoky-gray?
Yes |
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You have a Clavulina cinera |
| Are the branches irregular with fine tips, white and
tinted yellow?
Yes |
Are the branches equal with crown-like tips, pale pink?
Yes |
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You have a Clavulina cristata |
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You have a Clavicorona
pyxidata |
| Does it have coarse branches with flattened ends? .................
..... .....................
Yes |
Does it have coarse, blunt branches from a fleshy base;
spores orange-brown to red-brown?
Yes |
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You have a Sparassi radicata |
| Is it robust with a fleshy base; does not
bruise? .........................
..........................
Yes |
Does it have a fleshy, orange-red base; flesh bruises
red-brown to black?
Yes |
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You have a Ramaria formosa |
| Does it have yellow branches with white over the base?
Yes |
Does it have pink to red branches? ......................
Yes |
| Are the branches a delicate pink? ..........................
Yes |
Are the branches bright pink to reddish?
Yes |
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You have a Ramaria botrytis |
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You have a Ramaria
subbotrytis |
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