Flammulina velutipes

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'''Flammulina velutipes'''
'''Flammulina velutipes'''
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The mushroom naturally grows on the stumps of the Chinese Hackberry tree, called enoki in Japanese, but also on some other trees as for example mulberry and persimmon trees. There is a significant difference in appearance between the wild and the cultivated mushrooms. Cultivated mushrooms are not exposed to light resulting in a white color, whereas wild mushrooms usually have a dark brown color. The cultivated mushrooms are grown in a high CO2 environment to produce long thin stems, whereas wild mushrooms produce a much shorter and thicker stem.
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|+ '''Scientific classification'''
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!Kingdom || Fungi
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! Division || Basidiomycota
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! Class || Agaricomycetes
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! Order || Agaricales
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! Family || Physalacriaceae
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! Genus || Flammulina
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! Species || '''''F. velutipes'''''
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! Binomial || ''Flammulina velutipes''
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==Surface Characteristics==
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Outer surface consists of an α-(1-->4)-D-glucan, branching with a single α-D-glucan at the C-6 position to every seven residues along the main chain
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==References==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammulina Wikipedia]
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[http://wapedia.mobi/en/Enokitake Wapedia]
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[[category: CarboDB]]
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[[category:PolysacDB]]

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Flammulina velutipes

The mushroom naturally grows on the stumps of the Chinese Hackberry tree, called enoki in Japanese, but also on some other trees as for example mulberry and persimmon trees. There is a significant difference in appearance between the wild and the cultivated mushrooms. Cultivated mushrooms are not exposed to light resulting in a white color, whereas wild mushrooms usually have a dark brown color. The cultivated mushrooms are grown in a high CO2 environment to produce long thin stems, whereas wild mushrooms produce a much shorter and thicker stem.


Scientific classification
Kingdom Fungi
Division Basidiomycota
Class Agaricomycetes
Order Agaricales
Family Physalacriaceae
Genus Flammulina
Species F. velutipes
Binomial Flammulina velutipes


[edit] Surface Characteristics

Outer surface consists of an α-(1-->4)-D-glucan, branching with a single α-D-glucan at the C-6 position to every seven residues along the main chain

[edit] References

Wikipedia

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