Ramaria

…An edible mushroom of the Basidiomycete family, Aphyllosteganaceae (illustration). Also called mouse mushroom. It branches out many times from a common thick stem, with a dense line of small branches at the top. It is 10-15cm tall and wide, with pale purple-pink tips and white elsewhere. It is widely loved as a delicious edible mushroom. There are many species of Ramaria , including those that branch out countless times like the Ramaria, those with few branches, rod-shaped ones with no branches, those that grow individually, and those that grow in clusters. There are many different sizes and colors, and there are an extremely large number of species. …

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…担子菌類ヒダナシタケ目ホウキタケ科の食用キノコ（イラスト）。ネズミタケともいう。共通の太い茎から幾回も枝を分け，上端は細かい枝がびっしりと並ぶ。高さも幅も10～15cm，枝先は淡紫紅色，その他は白い。味のよいすぐれた食用キノコとして広く親しまれる。ホウキタケ属Ramariaには種類が多く，ホウキタケのように無数に枝分けをするもの，枝が少ないもの，棒状で枝を分けないもの，1本ずつはえるもの，束になってはえるものなど形に変化は多く，大小，色などもさまざまあり，種類はきわめて多い。…

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