honey fungus

honey fungus

n (Plants) 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

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honey fungus - a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat rawArmillariella mellea, honey mushroomagaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the undersideArmillariella, genus Armillariella - a honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria; grows in clusters; edible (when cooked) but most attention has been on how to get rid of it

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