Flammulina velutipes

Velvet shank
Flammulina velutipes, Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Physalacriaceae
Genus: Flammulina
Species:
F. velutipes
Binomial name
Flammulina velutipes
(Curtis) Singer (1951)
Synonyms
  • Agaricus velutipes Curtis (1782)
Flammulina velutipes
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is choice

Flammulina velutipes, commonly known as the velvet foot, wild enoki, velvet stem,[1] or velvet shank,[2][3] is a species of gilled mushroom in the family Physalacriaceae. The species occurs in Europe and North America. Until recently Flammulina velutipes was considered to be conspecific with the Asian Flammulina filiformis, cultivated for food as "enokitake" or "golden needle mushroom", but DNA sequencing has shown that the two are distinct.[4]

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  3. ^ Sisson, Liv; Vigus, Paula (2023). Fungi of Aotearoa: a curious forager's field guide. Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin Books. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-76104-787-9. OCLC 1372569849.
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