Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Flammulina velutipes

Flammulina velutipes

Original - A group of Flammulina velutipes, a species of Enokitake commonly eaten in Japan.

Reason

A featured picture on Commons, but too small to be featured here. Pretty and striking image of a rather nice-looking fungi.

Articles this image appears in

Flammulina, Enokitake

Creator

Archenzo

Time Requirement

Added January 2007. ~ ωαdεstεr16_♣T^C♣ 05:45, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

• Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 21:50, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support per nominator. ZooFari 16:13, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
• CommentSupport From Enokitake, "wild mushrooms usually have a dark brown color" - but these look rosy and pink? Fletcher (talk) 03:32, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
  • The species does seem to vary a little- see the search results. Note that the article specifies that- "Wild forms differing in color, texture, and sliminess are called winter mushrooms, velvet foot, or velvet stem among other names." J Milburn (talk) 16:57, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 00:48, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support Sophus Bie ^(talk) 10:26, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
• Support --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:50, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Flammulina velutipes.JPG ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 17:45, 22 March 2009 (UTC)