Armillaria sp. (A honey fungus)
Armillaria sp. Saprotrophic or Parasitic on wood - Medium to large fungus
Cap (Pileus): small to large, fleshy, convex to umbonate (with umbo a small swelling in centre of cap, glabrous (smooth, without hairs) to squamulose (with small scales)..
Giils (Lamellae): decurrent (run down stem) to adnate (squarely attached to stem). White, cream-coloured or pinkis, more or less crowded.
Stem (Stipe): well developed, central solid to hollow through length, fibrous, fleshy, rhizomorphs (root-like aggregation of hyphae)
Veil/ring (annulus) generally present, annulate (ring) and persistent, more or less distinctly double in most species, sometimes absent.
Context (interior flesh of fungus): soft, fleshy.
Spores: pure white to pale ochraceous in mass
Comments: found in large groups on fallen wood, dead stumps and living trees
Armillaria sp. is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | South Coast | Hume
Species information
- Armillaria sp. Scientific name
- A honey fungus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1237.1m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
