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:
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
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Maps
ANBG Bangalee Walking Track Broulee Moruya Nature Observation Area Goulburn Mulwaree Council Lower Cotter Catchment Namadgi National Park Nunnock Swamp South East Forest National Park South East Forest National Park Tallaganda State Forest Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve -
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Moruya, NSW Surf Beach, NSW Tuross Head, NSW Watersleigh, NSW Yackandandah, VIC
