A recent phylogenetic study placed the genus Ramaria within the order Gomphales and the family Gomphaceae through ribosomal DNA analysis.

The study places Ramaria as closely related to other hymenomycetes, including the genera Gomphus and Clavariadelphus, which all form a sister clade to another monophyletic group which includes gasteromycetes in the genera Sphaerobolus and Geastrum, and the order Phallales (represented in the study by genus Pseudocolus).

[8] R. subbotrytis is coral pink when immature, and fades to a creamy color except at the tips of the branches when it reaches maturity.

[2] In a 2018 study, R. subbotrytis was determined through HPLC and mass spectrometry to contain several rare arsenic species, including trimethylarsoniopropanate and dimethylarsinoylacetate, which had only been found previously in marine samples.

Furthermore, it characterized the mycorrhiza of Ramaria as forming mycelial mats below the soil which are made up of hyphae, mycorrhizal roots, and substrate.

[10] It has been described in scientific literature as appearing in Slovakia, the Czech Republic,[4] the Urals of Russia,[11] the Jilotzingo region of Mexico,[12] throughout the Iberian Peninsula,[13] and throughout the United States and Canada, making the species widely geographically distributed.

[14] A study conducted about the mesofauna associated with different fungi in the province of Santa Ana Jilotzingo, Mexico found that collembolans and oribatid mites are the most prominent inhabitants of R. subbotrytis sporomes.

[12] Many Ramaria species are used in traditional medicinal practices, and are traded commercially for these purposes or as food sources.

[4] Coker lists several morphologically similar species to R. subbotrytis, including R. botrytis, R. conjunctipes var.

It is distinguished from R. botrytis because R. subbotrytis has much darker spores and lacks red branch tips in its immature stages.