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Flammulina velutipes
This mushroom is the wild form of the cultivated Enoki, and it has shown promise as a medicinal. Additionally, it is one of the few mushrooms that can be found in winter.
Mixed woods
A common culinary mushroom, F. velutipes was the second earliest mushroom to be cultivated artificially (cultivation started around 800 AD, following Auricularia auricula ~600 AD, and before Lentinus edodes ~1000 AD).
Spotted on Oct 18, 2012
Submitted on Oct 19, 2012
4 Comments
I believe you are correct Despina, thank you.
PRITY!!
Looks like flammulina velutipes (velvet foot mushroom)
Beautiful.