Flammulina velutipes., Bernard Spragg Photo

This small to medium sized saprobic fungus fruits in dense clusters during winter on both exotic and indigenous fallen or standing wood. Has a sticky pale yellow to rosy-orange brown cap darker in the centae; with a distinctively velvety stem that darkens from the base upward; without a ring and having attached, close gills... ..Common name: Velvet foot; Winter mushroom...Found: Podocarp Forest..Substrate: Wood..Spore: WhiteHeight: 40 mm..Width: 30 mm..Season: Autumn to early winter..Edible: Yes, commercially cultivated