Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Physalacriaceae
Species: Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer
Synonyms: Coesyn Melfed
Collybia velutipes
Flammulina velutipes var. alba
Flammulina velutipes var. lactea
Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes
Common Name: Velvet Shank


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Flammulina velutipesPhotographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fraxinus excelsior (11)
Ulex europaeus (8)
Ulmus (6)
Alnus glutinosa (4)
Fagus sylvatica (3)
Salix cinerea (2)
Salix (2)
Quercus (2)
Corylus avellana (2)
Acer pseudoplatanus (2)
Sambucus nigra (1)
Ulmus glabra (1)
Acer (1)
Acer campestre (1)
Salix caprea (1)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Betula pendula (1)
Ilex aquifolium (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (7)
Woodland: mixed (5)
Woodland: broadleaved (4)
Woodland and scrub (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (3)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (3)
Woodland: plantation (3)
Acid grassland (2)
Boundaries: hedge with trees (2)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, upland (1)
Improved grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Wood (18)
Dead Wood (15)
Fallen Tree (8)
Tree (8)
Stump (5)
Log (4)
Branch (2)
Standing Dead Tree (2)
Dead Attached Branch (1)
Dead Branch (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Leaf Litter (1)
Stems (burnt) (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (40)
February (23)
March (5)
April (1)
May (2)
July (1)
August (2)
September (11)
October (17)
November (13)
December (22)