Flammulina elastica (Sacc.) Redhead & R.H. Petersen
(a velvet shank)

Interactions where Flammulina elastica is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood Major Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Fungal Portraits No. 46: Flammulina populicola & F. elastica, the first British collections, Kibby, G., 2011
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Flammulina elastica/Flammulina elasticaa velvet shankfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/SalixwillowsdeadwoodMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Kibby, G., 2011Fungal Portraits No. 46: Flammulina populicola & F. elastica, the first British collectionsField Mycology vol 12 (2): 39-41.

Flammulina elastica (a velvet shank) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Flammulina elastica (a velvet shank) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFlammulina elastica (a velvet shank)
GenusFlammulina (velvet shanks)
FamilyPHYSALACRIACEAE (a family of toadstools and chanterelles)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Flammulina elastica (a velvet shank)

Flammulina elastica (a velvet shank) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Flammulina elastica (a velvet shank):

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