Flammulina velutipes var velutipes (Curtis) Singer
(Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
VarietyFlammulina velutipes var velutipes (Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus)
SpeciesFlammulina velutipes (Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus)
GenusFlammulina (velvet shanks)
FamilyPHYSALACRIACEAE (a family of toadstools and chanterelles)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Flammulina velutipes var velutipes (Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus) :
1: Flammulina velutipes var velutipes (Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus)
20 Dec 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Sallow
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap (2)Image 3: Cap LS - showing gillsImage 4: Cap margin - close-upImage 5: Cap - olderImage 6: Cap - older (2)Image 7: Fruitbodies - olderImage 8: Fruitbody - clusterImage 9: Fruitbody - cluster (2)Image 10: Fruitbody - LSImage 11: Fruitbody - LS (2)Image 12: Fruitbody - olderImage 13: GillsImage 14: Gills (2)Image 15: Gills (3)Image 16: Stipe - close-upImage 17: CheilocystidiaImage 18: CystidiaImage 19: Fibres from stipe surfaceImage 20: Gill edgeImage 21: PleurocystidiaImage 22: Scalp from capImage 23: SporesImage 24: Spores (2)Image 25: Stipe tomentum
2: Flammulina velutipes var velutipes (Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus)
30 Jan 1982 OSGR: SU17 51° 30’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Fruitbodies - caps - close-up - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - caps - close-up - in situ (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - undersides - close-up - in situImage 4: Fruitbodies - undersides - close-up - in situ (2)Image 5: Fruitbodies - undersides - in situImage 6: Upturned fruitbodies showing gills - close-upImage 7: Caulocystida - magnifiedImage 8: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 9: Pileocystidia and cap cuticle hyphae - magnifiedImage 10: Pleurocystidia - magnifiedImage 11: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 12: DescriptionImage 13: Description - contdImage 14: Description - contd 2
3: Flammulina velutipes var velutipes (Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus)
26 Jan 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
on dead stump
Image 1: Fruitbodies - undersides - in situ
4: Flammulina velutipes var velutipes (Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus)
26 Jan 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
on fallen dead trunk
Image 1: Fruitbodies - top view - in situ

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bas, C. Tribus Pseudohiatulae (Sing.) Sing., Agricales mod. Taxon. 3rd ed.: 412. 1975 Bas, C. & Kuyper, T.W. Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouz. (continuation), 8pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 3

Flammulina velutipes var velutipes (Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Flammulina velutipes var velutipes (Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 46 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Flammulina velutipes var velutipes (Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus)
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