Honey Mushroom (Complex)
Armillaria mellea
Clustered Wood Fungus: High Risk of Deadly Lookalikes
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Alle Bilder (4)
Hauptmerkmale
- Densely clustered growth on decaying wood
- Tawny brown to reddish-orange cap color
- Strongly striate (ribbed) cap margin
- Gills crowded
- pale cream to whitish
- Fibrous
- brownish stem
- often darker towards base
Farbe:
Tawny brown cap, pale cream gills, brownish stem
Geruch:
No distinctive smell
Wuchsform:
Clustered
Umgebung:
Wood
Lebensraum & Verbreitung
Lebensraum:
Decaying hardwood or conifer logs in forest settings
Verbreitung:
Widespread across Northern Hemisphere
Saisonalität:
Autumn
Wirtschaftlicher Wert
Marktnachfrage:
Low to Moderate - Locally foraged, complex identification issues limit commercial scale.
Preisspanne:
N/A
Kommerzielle Nutzung:
None
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Hauptunterschiede:
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Empfohlene Handlung
Do not consume. Immediate expert identification required due to high risk of confusion with deadly species.