Flammulina fennae Bas
(a velvet shank)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Flammulina fennae (a velvet shank)
Genus	Flammulina (velvet shanks)
Family	PHYSALACRIACEAE (a family of toadstools and chanterelles)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Flammulina fennae is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Ripková, S., Hughes, K. Adamčík, S., Kučera, V. & Adamčíková, K.	2010	The delimitation of Flammulina fennae	Mycological Progress Vol 9 (4): 469-484.
	Schafer, D. & Kibby, G.	2015	Flammulina fennae new to Britain	Field Mycology Vol 16 (3): 97-99.

Flammulina fennae (a velvet shank) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Flammulina
(velvet shanks)

PHYSALACRIACEAE
(a family of toadstools and chanterelles)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Flammulina fennae (a velvet shank)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Flammulina fennae (a velvet shank)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Flammulina fennae is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)