Ramaria [SEP] parent taxon
R. botrytis", and placed it in the genus "Clavaria". Fries sanctioned the name "Clavaria" in 1821, and treated "Ramaria" as a section of "Clavaria". In 1933, Donk elevated the name "Ramaria" to its current generic status by recognizing Bonorden's use of the name "Ramaria". Currently, "Ramaria" is placed in the Gomphaceae, although some older sources still classify it in the Ramariaceae. Ramaria has been further subdivided into four subgenera based on differences in spore ornamentation
. "alba", which is no longer recognized as an independent taxon. Currie Marr and Daniel Stuntz described the variety "R. botrytis" var. "aurantiiramosa" in their 1973 monograph of western Washington "Ramaria"; Edwin Schild and G. Ricci described variety "compactospora" from Italy in 1998. In 1950, E.J.H. Corner published George F. Atkinson's 1908 "Clavaria holorubella" as "R. botrytis" var. "holorubella", but this taxon is now known as the independent species "Ramaria holorubella