Plate 12. Fleshy fungi: Spores purplish brown and borne on gills
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Flammulina velutipes (Fries) Karsten Velvet-shank
Cap: width 20-80 mm. Stem: width 5-10 mm; length 35-60 mm.
Description:
Cap: bright sand-colour or slightly red-brown at centre, convex at first then flattened with age, smooth, slimy because of the presence of a sticky elastic skin, rather rubbery to the touch.
Stem: cylindrical or slightly swollen towards the base, dark brown and densely hairy or velvety, tough and rubbery to handle.
Gills: adnexed, very unequal and somewhat distant, pale yellow, gradually becoming buff as the spores mature.
Flesh: with rather pleasant smell, yellowish, watery and soft.