Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Physalacriaceae
Species: Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer
Synonyms: Coesyn Melfed
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)
Ulmus (6)
Ulex europaeus (6)
Alnus glutinosa (4)
Fagus sylvatica (3)
Salix (2)
Salix cinerea (2)
Quercus (2)
Acer pseudoplatanus (2)
Corylus avellana (2)
Ilex aquifolium (1)
Betula pendula (1)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Sambucus nigra (1)
Acer campestre (1)
Acer (1)
Ulmus glabra (1)
Salix caprea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (9)
Woodland: mixed (7)
Woodland: broadleaved (5)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3)
Woodland and scrub (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (3)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (3)
Woodland: plantation (3)
Boundaries: hedge with trees (2)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Bog (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, upland (1)
Improved grassland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (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 Branch (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Leaf Litter (1)
Stems (burnt) (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (31)
February (13)
March (3)
April (1)
May (2)
July (1)
August (2)
September (10)
October (16)
November (9)
December (19)