Ramaria beautiful (Ramaria formosa)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Phallomycetidae (Velkovye)
- Order: Gomphales
- Family: Gomphaceae (Gomphaceae)
- Genus: Ramaria
- Type: Ramaria formosa (Beautiful Ramaria)
- Horned beautiful
This mushroom can reach a height of about 20 cm, and be the same in diameter. The color of the mushroom consists of three colors – white, pink and yellow. Ramaria is beautiful has a short leg, quite dense and massive. At first, it is painted in a bright pink color, and by adulthood it becomes white. This fungus forms thin, profusely branching shoots, white-yellow below and yellow-pink above, with yellow ends. Old mushrooms have a uniform brown-brown color. If you press lightly on the pulp of the mushroom, then in some cases it turns red. The taste is bitter.
Ramaria is beautiful usually found in deciduous forests. Old mushrooms are similar in appearance to other yellowish or brown horns.
This fungus is poisonous, when ingested it disrupts the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.