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Flammulina velutipes.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

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  • synonyms: Collybie a pied veloute, Enoki, Enokitake, Samtfussrubling, Velvet Shank
    Collybia velutipes Mushroom
    Ref No: 7538
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    Flammulina velutipes Mushroom
    Ref No: 7728
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    Flammulina velutipes2 Mushroom
    Ref No: 8455
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    Flammulina velutipesF2 Mushroom
    Ref No: 8684
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    Flamulina v Enokitake 4.jpg Mushroom
    Ref No: 9569
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    Flammulina velutips 7 Mushroom
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    location: North America, Europe
    edibility: Choice
    fungus colour: White to cream, Red or redish or pink
    normal size: 5-15cm
    cap type: Convex to shield shaped
    stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
    flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
    spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
    habitat: Grows on wood

    Flammulina velutipes (Curt. ex Fr.) Karst. syn. Collybia velutipes (Curt. ex Fr.) Kummer Samtfussrubling, Collybie a pied veloute, Velvet Shank, Enoki, Enokitake. Cap 2-10cm across, convex at first then flattened, tan-yellow darkening towards the centre, smooth and slimy. Stem 30-10 x 4-8mm, tough and cartilaginous, yellowish at apex, dark brown and densely velvety below. Flesh thin, concolorous. Taste and smell pleasant. Gills pale yellow. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia present. Cap cuticle 'cellular' of irregular clavate elements with elongated narrow processes and conspicuous, fusiform, somewhat thick-walled dermatocystidia. Spore print white. Spores elliptic, 6.5-10 x 3-4mu. Habitat in clusters on decaying deciduous trees, especially elm. Season late autumn to spring; can survive being frozen solid and on thawing produces more spores. Common. Edible and good. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe. This mushroom is often sold in a cultivated form as Enokitake, the reason that it does not resemble the wild form is that it is grown entirely in the dark.

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    Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 17 November 2024

    Flammulina velutips 7
    Tony Wharton (United Kingdom) - 27 October 2024

    Photographed in Uffmoor Wood, Halesowen, W. Mids.
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    Slobodan Nikolic (Yugoslavia) - 14 March 2024

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    Christian O'Connor (United Kingdom) - 05 January 2024

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    Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 26 February 2024

    Hungarian name, Téli fülöke
    Flammulina velutips 7
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