Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Marasmiaceae
Species: Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer
Synonyms: Agaricus velutipes
Collybia eriocephala
Collybia veluticeps
Collybia velutipes
Myxocollybia velutipes
Common Name: Velvet Shank
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    Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
    Ulmus (12)
    Fraxinus excelsior (10)
    Alnus glutinosa (3)
    Ulex europaeus (3)
    Acer pseudoplatanus (2)
    Quercus (2)
    Salix (2)
    Salix cinerea (2)
    Betula pendula (1)
    Corylus avellana (1)
    Fagus sylvatica (1)
    Ilex aquifolium (1)
    Salix caprea (1)
    Sambucus nigra (1)
    Ulmus glabra (1)
    Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
    Woodland: mixed (9)
    Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (8)
    Woodland: broadleaved (6)
    Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4)
    Parkland and scattered trees (3)
    Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (3)
    Woodland: mixed, plantation (3)
    Woodland: plantation (3)
    Built up area, domestic (2)
    Woodland (2)
    Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
    Acid grassland (1)
    Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
    Bog (1)
    Boundaries: hedge with trees (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: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
    Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
    Branch (16)
    Dead Wood (15)
    Fallen Tree (8)
    Tree (6)
    Stump (4)
    Wood (3)
    Log (1)
    Standing Dead Tree (1)
    Months recorded in & number of records:
    January (26)
    February (12)
    April (1)
    May (2)
    August (2)
    September (5)
    October (7)
    November (8)
    December (18)