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Velvet Shank

Flammulina velutipes

1,739Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
83Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan502
Feb297
Mar114
Apr26
May3
Jun2
Jul3
Aug4
Sep49
Oct172
Nov188
Dec335

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England214
2Cambridgeshire England144
3Highland Scotland127
4Bristol, City of England73
5Gloucestershire England64
6Sefton England54
7Argyll and Bute Scotland44
8Cornwall England38
9Renfrewshire Scotland38
10Oxfordshire England33
11Worcestershire England31
12Aberdeenshire Scotland20
13North Ayrshire Scotland18
14Powys Wales15
15Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland14
1,207 England351 Scotland78 Wales73 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 83 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,739
Peak month
January
Counties with records
83
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Flammulina velutipes
Group
Fungi
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,400
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Physalacriaceae
Genus
Flammulina
Name with authority
Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q372893 · GBIF 3341441