| Ramaria | |
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| Ramaria lorithamnus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Gomphales |
| Family: | Gomphaceae |
| Genus: | Ramaria Fr. ex Bonord. (1851) |
| Type species | |
| Ramaria botrytis | |
The genus Ramaria comprises approximately 200 species of coral fungi.[1] 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 diarrhea; these include R. formosa and R. pallida. Three Ramaria species have been demonstrated to contain a very unusual organoarsenic compound homoarsenocholine.[2]
- ^ Petersen RH, Scates C (1988). "Vernally fruiting taxa of Ramaria from the Pacific Northwest". Mycotaxon. 33: 101–144.
- ^ Braeuer S, Borovička J, Glasnov T, Guedes de la Cruz G, Jensen KB, Goessler W (2018). "Homoarsenocholine – A novel arsenic compound detected for the first time in nature". Talanta. 188: 107–110. doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2018.05.065. ISSN 0039-9140. PMC 6118324. PMID 30029352.