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 ...