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Contents: I. Introduction. II. Taxonomic characters, materials and methods: 1. Macroscopic and distributional characters: i. Fruit body shape and appearance. ii. Rhizomorphic strands. iii. Distribution. 2. Cultural characters. 3. Microscopic characters: i. Hyphae. ii. Spores. 4. Typification. 5. Infra-alliance relationships. 6. Materials and methods. 7. Misapplications. 8. Acknowledgements: III. The taxa: 1. Ramaria subgenus Lentoramaria. 2. Key to North American taxa: i. Ramaria apicuclata. ii. Ramaria concolor. iii. Ramaria flavula. iv. Ramaria gracilios. v. Ramaria molleriana. vi. Ramaria rainieriensis. vii. Ramaria rubella. viii. Ramaria stricta. ix. Ramaria suecica. III. Key to world taxa: 1. Ramaria africana, sp. nov. 2. Ramaria albocinerea. 3. Ramaria fagicola, sp. nov. 4. Ramaria kisantuensis. 5. Ramaria polonica, sp. nov. 6. Ramaria polypus. 7. Ramaria pseudogracilis, sp. nov. 8. Ramaria reticulata. IV. Type studies. V. Literature cited.