Honey Mushroom (Complex)
Armillaria mellea
Clustered Wood Fungus: High Risk of Deadly Lookalikes
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Kluczowe cechy
- 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
Kolor:
Tawny brown cap, pale cream gills, brownish stem
Zapach:
No distinctive smell
Wzór wzrostu:
Clustered
Środowisko:
Wood
Siedlisko i występowanie
Siedlisko:
Decaying hardwood or conifer logs in forest settings
Występowanie:
Widespread across Northern Hemisphere
Sezonowość:
Autumn
Wartość ekonomiczna
Popyt rynkowy:
Low to Moderate - Locally foraged, complex identification issues limit commercial scale.
Zakres cenowy:
N/A
Użytek komercyjny:
None
Podobne gatunki
Deadly Galerina
Galerina marginata
Kluczowe różnice:
- Produces rusty brown spore print
- Typically smaller and more fragile structure
- Often possesses a distinct, though sometimes ephemeral, ring
Sulphur Tuft
Hypholoma fasciculare
Kluczowe różnice:
- Cap and stem are distinctly sulphur yellow
- Gills are greenish-yellow, turning purple-brown
- Taste is extremely bitter
Zalecane działanie
Do not consume. Immediate expert identification required due to high risk of confusion with deadly species.