Honey fungus
Armillaria mellea
Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Armillaria mellea
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Physalacriaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Domed, Flat
- Stem
- Ring
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter, Parasite
- Season
- Autumn
- Habitat
- Dead wood, Living trees
- Spore print
- White
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Black, bootlace-like strands carry it through soil, and a related honey fungus in Oregon covers nearly 10 square kilometres.
- Its mycelium in rotting wood can glow faintly in the dark.
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Similar fungi
- Velvet shank
Flammulina velutipes
- Lilac bonnet
Mycena pura
- Deadly fibrecap
Inosperma erubescens
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q473745 · All fungi · All entries