Flammulina velutipes, Bernard Spragg Photo
Summary
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
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23/03/2018
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Bernard Spragg
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Public Domain Dedication