Honey Mushroom (Complex)
Armillaria mellea
Clustered Wood Fungus: High Risk of Deadly Lookalikes
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Caractéristiques clés
- 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
Couleur :
Tawny brown cap, pale cream gills, brownish stem
Odeur :
No distinctive smell
Mode de croissance :
Clustered
Environnement :
Wood
Habitat et distribution
Habitat :
Decaying hardwood or conifer logs in forest settings
Distribution :
Widespread across Northern Hemisphere
Saisonnalité :
Autumn
Valeur économique
Demande du marché :
Low to Moderate - Locally foraged, complex identification issues limit commercial scale.
Gamme de prix :
N/A
Usage commercial :
None
Espèces similaires
Deadly Galerina
Galerina marginata
Différences clés :
- Produces rusty brown spore print
- Typically smaller and more fragile structure
- Often possesses a distinct, though sometimes ephemeral, ring
Sulphur Tuft
Hypholoma fasciculare
Différences clés :
- Cap and stem are distinctly sulphur yellow
- Gills are greenish-yellow, turning purple-brown
- Taste is extremely bitter
Action recommandée
Do not consume. Immediate expert identification required due to high risk of confusion with deadly species.