Armillaria mellea is an edible basidiomycete fungus in the honey fungus genus Armillaria. It is a plant pathogen and part of a cryptic species complex of closely related and morphologically similar species. It causes Armillaria root rot in many plant species and produces mushrooms around the base of trees it has infected. The symptoms of infection appear in the crowns of infected trees as discoloured foliage, reduced growth, dieback of the branches and death. The mycelium is capable of producing light via bioluminescence.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Honey Mushroom being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Armillaria cepistipes
- Armillaria borealis
- Armillaria gallica
- Armillaria solidipes
- Armillaria limonea
- Armillaria luteobubalina
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Physalacriaceae
- Genus
- Armillaria
- Species
- Armillaria mellea
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