Velvet Shank in Östergötland: the week ahead
Flammulina velutipes
The map below is built from the measurement network. A 2.5 km grid with a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.
0Quiet
Flush phase
- Quiet
- Starting
- Building
- Peak
- Fading
Updated 18 September 2026, 11:37 BST
7 days
Index, day by day
Week's best 0average 0by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today018 Sept
- Sat019 Sept
- Sun020 Sept
- Mon021 Sept
- Tue022 Sept
- Wed023 Sept
- Thu024 Sept
Map
Where to look: velvet shank
A field over the measurement network. The colour here is for the leading species at each point, not for this one; a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.
About the species. Edible when correctly identified and cooked, but it grows on wood alongside other small brown mushrooms, including the deadly Funeral Bell. Velvet Shank usually has no ring and has a dark, velvety lower stem. Funeral Bell often shows rusty-brown spores and a ring zone. These clues are not enough for a beginner to make a safe identification.
What else is out here now
The other species in this region, by today's index.
Velvet Shank in neighbouring regions
A regional boundary means nothing to a mushroom, and the next region is sometimes closer than the far side of your own. The index is for today.