Velvet Shank - Flammulina velutipes
Other Names
Winter Fungus
Description
Cap convex, then flattened, smooth, often slimy, orange yellow to orange brown, and can be up to 10 cm across though often less. Stem yellow orange above, dark brown and velvety below.
Habitat
In clusters on decaying wood of deciduous trees.
When to see it
Found from autumn until winter and unlike most other toadstools it can withstand hard frosts.
UK Status
Fairly frequent and widespread in Britain
VC55 Status
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Graham Calow
All Saints Chuch, Sapcote - 23 November 2006 -
Peter Smith
Thurcaston Mill - 14 January 2012
white spores visible -
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson - 19 January 2008
On dead wych elm -
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Graham Calow
Church Walk, Sapcote - 03 January 2012
stem is diagnostic in identifying this species
Leicestershire & Rutland
UK Map
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