an edible basidiomycetous fungus, Armillaria mellea, having a yellow-spotted cap and wrinkled stems, parasitic on the roots of woody plants, which it may kill by root rot. It spreads by thin black underground strands
Also called: bootlace fungus
Examples of 'honey fungus' in a sentence
honey fungus
Honey fungus was particularly abundant, while field mushrooms also flourished.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Are any hedges resistant to honey fungus?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Now it has the incurable honey fungus infection and is slowly dying.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The soil had been afflicted by honey fungus, so the plants had to be dug up and the soil removed and completely replaced.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It could be honey fungus, but that usually causes a tree to pack up pretty quickly rather than over several seasons.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
If there is honey fungus in the ground, it would certainly enjoy being fed a fresh young robinia, pudding to its cherry starter.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Top disease was honey fungus.
The Sun (2018)
Stumps also provide a perfect environment for diseases such as honey fungus, which can attack live plants.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Test for honey fungus by cutting back an inch of bark at the base to look for the white sheath underneath.