Armillaria gallica
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Armillaria gallica is a species of honey mushroom in the family Physalacriaceae of the order Agaricales. The species is a common and ecologically important wood-decay fungus that can live as a saprobe
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Young fruit bodies have a cottony partial veil that protects the developing gills.
Mature gills
The fruit bodies—the visible manifestation of A. gallica—belie an extensive underground network of mycelia.
Armillaria mellea
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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 sp
Armillaria gallica
…the nomenclature and taxonomy of the species now known as Armillaria gallica, paralleling that surrounding the genus Armillaria. The type species, Armillaria mellea, was until the 1970s believed to be a pleiomorphic species with a wide distribution, variable pathogenicity, and one of the broadest host ranges known…
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Illustration from James Sowerby's Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
Honey fungus rhizomorphs
Parboiling honey fungus