honey fungus

English

Armillaria mellea

Noun

Wikispecies honey fungus (plural honey fungi)

1. A parasitic mushroom of the genus Armillaria that lives on trees and shrubs.
   • 1893, Hermann Heinrich von Fürst, The Protection of Woodlands Against Dangers Arising from Organic and Inorganic Causes‎^[1], page 75:

     The common edible Mushroom or Honey-fungus (Agaricus melleus) is also a very common, and in many places a very dangerous, parasite in young crops of conifers, which, however, also occurs extensively as a saprophyte on dead stools and roots of old trees, especially of Beeches.

   • 2000, Science and Cultivation of Edible Fungi‎^[2], volume 2, page 545:

     Zhu ling grows on honey fungi (Armelliaria mellea) rhizomorph for nutrients, leading to a unique cultivation process (Huang 1993, Yao & Huang 1993).

   • 2012, Ruth Binney, The Gardener's Wise Words and Country Ways‎^[3], page 160:

     Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) is most obvious when, in autumn, clumps of honey-coloured, pale-stemmed toadstools appear at the base of a tree.

Synonyms

• honey mushroom, bootlace fungus, shoestring mushroom

Translations

mushroom of the genus Armillaria

• Catalan: alzinoi m
• Czech: václavka (cs) f
• Finnish: mesisieni (fi)
• German: Hallimasch (de) m
• Italian: chiodino (it) m
• Polish: opieńka (pl)
• Portuguese: armilária f
• Romanian: ghebe f pl
• Russian: опёнок (ru) m (opjónok)
• Slovak: podpňovka f
• Swedish: honungsskivling (sv)

Further reading

• “honey fungus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.