Winter honey agaric (Flammulina velutipes)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Physalacriaceae (Physalacriae)
- Genus: Flammulina (Flammulina)
- Type: Flammulina velutipes (Winter honey agaric)
- Flammulina
- winter mushroom
- Flammulina velvety-legged
- Kollybia velvety-legged
- Collybia velutipes
Honey agaric winter (lat. Flammulina velutipes) – an edible mushroom of the Ryadovkovy family (the Flammulin genus is also referred to the non-gniuchnikov family).
Hat: At first, the hat of the winter mushroom has the shape of a hemisphere, then it is prostrate yellow-brown or honey-colored. In the center, the surface of the cap is of a darker shade. In wet weather – mucous. Adult winter mushrooms are very often covered with brown spots.
Pulp: watery, creamy color with a pleasant aroma and taste.
Records: infrequent, adherent, cream-colored, becoming darker with age.
Spore Powder: white.
Leg: cylindrical shape, the upper part of the leg is the same color as the cap, the lower part is darker. Length 4-8cm. up to 0,8 cm thick. Very tough.
Winter honey agaric (Flammulina velutipes) occurs in late autumn and early winter. It grows on deadwood and stumps, prefers deciduous trees. Under favorable conditions, it can bear fruit all winter.
During the fruiting period, when there is already snow, the Winter Honey Agaric (Flammulina velutipes) cannot be confused with another species, since nothing else grows at this time. At other times, winter honey agaric can be mistaken for some other type of tree destroyer, from which it differs in the white color of the spore powder and in that it does not have a ring on the leg. Collibia fusipoda is a mushroom of dubious food quality, it is distinguished by a red-brown hat, the leg is reddish-red, often twisted, strongly tapering below; usually found on the roots of old oaks.
Good edible mushroom.
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