- winter mushroom, Flammulina velutipes - an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters
--1 is a kind of agaric
--1 is a member of Flammulina, genus Flammulina