Flammulina velutipes
| Velvet shank | |
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| Flammulina velutipes, Italy | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Physalacriaceae |
| Genus: | Flammulina |
| Species: | F. velutipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Flammulina velutipes | |
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| Flammulina velutipes parasitic | |
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 | Edibility is choice |
Flammulina velutipes, commonly known as the velvet foot, wild enoki, velvet stem,[1] or velvet shank,[2] 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.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described from England by botanist William Curtis in 1782 as Agaricus velutipes. It was transferred to the genus Flammulina by Rolf Singer in 1951.
References
- ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
- ^ Holden L. (April 2022). "English names for fungi April 2022". British Mycological Society. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- S2CID 49299638.
External links
Media related to Flammulina velutipes at Wikimedia Commons