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Flammulina velutipes

Velvet foot

Description

The cap is arched or with a lump, smooth, yellow to orange-brown, slimy when moist, 1-6 cm wide. The border is of a paler yellowish colour. The stem is full and firm, dark brown and velvet at the basis, 2-10 cm long and 0.3-1.0 cm thick. Fruiting bodies grow in dense clusters from late autumn and during winter. As one of few fungus species, it survives early frosts. It grows as a parasite on living, weakened and dying trees; the gateway for infection are wounds, broken branches etc. The mycelium causes white rot of  affected wood.

Symptom

The cap is arched or with a lump, smooth, yellow to orange-brown, slimy when moist, 1-6 cm wide.

Tree Species: Elm

Part of a plant- attacked: Branch

Pest significance: Less harmful

Pest Category: Fungi

Invasive Species: No

Present in EU: Yes

Seasonal frequency of occurrence

Seasonal frequency of occurrence