Flammulina velutipes is a species of agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Physalacriaceae. In the UK, it has been given the recommended English name of velvet shank. Here photographed in woodland in New Zealand, where mycologists there consider F. velutipes as a distinct variety. Credit: BSpragg

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