Flammulina spp. in Europe

In Europe, there are 8 (9 if you count Laccariopsis mediterranea, formerly F. mediterranea) well established Flammulina species: F. elastica, F. velutipes, F. populicola, F. rossica, F. fennae, F. finlandica, F. ononides and F. cephalariae. (It may also be possible, though very unlikely, that F. filiformis may have escaped cultivation in some places and is found wild locally.) With exception of the host specific and very rare F. ononides on Ononis spinosa, F. cephalariae on Cephalaria leucantha and Laccariopsis mediterranea on Ammophila litoralis, microscopy is always needed to differentiate between those species. Especially important are spore sizes and Q (ratio of spore length to width). In most cases, the pileipellis should be observed, too.

If you have valuable information to add, please do so in the comment section. Just because I'm writing this journal entry doesn't mean I'm the leading expert on those fungi.

Primary literature:

• 2023: https://ukrbotj.co.ua/archive/80/5/431
• 2018 (most important one): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11557-018-1409-2
• 2016 (German): https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Mycologia-Bavarica_17_0007-0024.pdf
• 2015: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279460396_Flammulina_fennae_new_to_Britain
• 2010: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49249474_The_delimitation_of_Flammulina_Fennae
• 2008: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228688638_New_collections_of_Flammulina_rossica
• 2008: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253985153_Flammulina_ononidis_-_a_new_species_for_Slovakia
• 2007 (Spanish): https://www.raco.cat/index.php/Micologia/article/view/272565/360754
• 1999: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283157171_New_species_varieties_and_combinations_in_the_genus_Flammulina
• 1983: https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/531983/PERS1983012001005.pdf

Secondary literature:

Dutch:

• Description: https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=22533

English:

• Differentiation table (see "Other Flammulina species"): https://www.fungusfactfriday.com/071-flammulina-velutipes/
• Description (incl. collection data for Britain): https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/flammulina-elastica.php
• World key (a bit outdated): https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165949/http://www.bio.utk.edu/mycology/Flammulina/default.html

Finnish:

• Description: https://foorumi.laji.fi/t/talvijuurekkaista/17327

French:

• Description: https://www.mycodb.fr/fiche.php?genre=Flammulina&espece=velutipes&source=search
• Description: https://champis.net/description/22297

German:

• Differentiation key (see second comment): https://forum.pilze-bayern.de/index.php?topic=1675.0
• Description: https://www.pilzforum.eu/board/thread/26959-flammulina-velutipes-gemeiner-samtfu%C3%9Fr%C3%BCbling/
• Description: https://www.myk.univie.ac.at/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Flammulina.pdf

Italian:

• Description: https://www.funghiitaliani.it/topic/8683-flammulina-velutipes-curtis-fr-singer-1951/

Posted on 10 de janeiro de 2024, 07:37 AM by mangoblatt