Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Heimiomyces
Species: Heimiomyces velutipes
Binominal name: Heimiomyces velutipes
Synonyms: Collybia neovelutipes, Crinipellis velutipes, Heimiomyces neovelutipes, Heimiomyces velutipes, Xeromphalina tenuipes.
Heimiomyces velutipes is an indigenous, non-endemic, orange mushroom that is a member of the order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms). It grows on decaying fallen logs.
Photographed in January in the Uriti area, North Taranaki.
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