Ramaria subbotrytis

 Ramaria subbotrytis is a species of coral fungus in the family Gomphaceae. It was originally described as Clavaria subbotrytis by William Chambers Coker in 1923 from collections made in North Carolina.[2] E.J.H. Corner transferred it to the genus Ramaria in 1950.[3] Ramaria subbotrytis accumulates arsenic and besides arsenobetaine contains a very unusual organoarsenic compound homoarsenocholine.[4]

Ramaria subbotrytis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Gomphales
Family:
Gomphaceae
Genus:
Ramaria
Species:
R. subbotrytis
Binomial name
Ramaria subbotrytis
(CokerCorner (1950)
Synonyms[1]

Clavaria subbotrytis Coker (1923)

The species is edible.[5]

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