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Armillaria mellea (Vahl) P. Kumm., 1871 (Honey Fungus)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #microphotos
Armillaria mellea toadstool in situ, close-ups, basidia, spores 26 October 2005 Berks England 16 15
Armillaria mellea Fruitbody 3 October 1983 North Wiltshire England 6

Suggested Literature

Armillaria mellea may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
Armillaria
(honey fungi)
Armillaria mellea s.l.
(honey fungi)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Armillaria mellea is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees and shrubs fruitbody infects and damages live plant UK/Ireland Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [virulently parasitic then saprobic]
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody infects and damages live plant UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [virulently parasitic then saprobic]
Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees and shrubs fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood UK/Ireland Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [virulently parasitic then saprobic]
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [virulently parasitic then saprobic]
Photos mycelial fan Rumex obtusifolius - Broad-leaved Dock (Polygonaceae) mycelial fan infects and damages live root collar UK/Ireland West, J.S., Hughes, C. & Fox, R.T.V., 2000 [causes wilting]
Photos mycelial fan Rumex obtusifolius - Broad-leaved Dock (Polygonaceae) mycelial fan infects and damages live root UK/Ireland West, J.S., Hughes, C. & Fox, R.T.V., 2000 [causes wilting]

There may be more taxa associated with Armillaria mellea listed at higher taxonomic level

Armillaria mellea s.l.
(honey fungi)

Associated with Armillaria mellea:

Photos fruitbody (old) old fruitbody is parasitised by Cladobotryum anamorph Hypomyces aurantius - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Photos fruitbody (old) old fruitbody is parasitised by subiculate perithecium Hypomyces aurantius - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
rhizomorph (old) old rhizomorph is parasitised by crowded, subiculate perithecium Melanospora caprina - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Ceratostomataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Armillaria mellea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
Armillaria mellea s.l.
(honey fungi)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
West, J.S., Hughes, C. & Fox, R.T.V., 2000 Armillaria mellea can infect the perennial weed, Rumex obtusifolius, in the UK

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