Flammulina velutipes var lactea (Quél.) Bas
(a velvet shank, a winter fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Variety	Flammulina velutipes var lactea (a velvet shank, a winter fungus)
Species	Flammulina velutipes (Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus)
Genus	Flammulina (velvet shanks)
Family	PHYSALACRIACEAE (a family of toadstools and chanterelles)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Flammulina velutipes var lactea is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Pegler, D.N.	1995	New British Records 124: Flammulina velutipes (Curtis: Fr.) Singer var.lactea (Quel.) Bas	Mycologist Vol 09 (4): 172-173.

Flammulina velutipes var lactea (a velvet shank, a winter fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Flammulina velutipes
(Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus)

Flammulina
(velvet shanks)

PHYSALACRIACEAE
(a family of toadstools and chanterelles)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Flammulina velutipes var lactea (a velvet shank, a winter fungus)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Flammulina velutipes var lactea (a velvet shank, a winter fungus)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Flammulina velutipes var lactea is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)