Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Marasmiaceae
Species: Armillaria mellea (Vahl) P. Kumm.
Synonyms: Armillaria mellea var. glabra
Armillaria mellea var. maxima
Armillaria mellea var. minor
Armillaria mellea var. sulphurea
Armillariella mellea
Clitocybe mellea
Common Name: Honey Fungus
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    Photographer: © Mark Wright

    Photographer: © Mark Wright
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    Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
    Fagus sylvatica (24)
    Corylus avellana (15)
    Quercus (14)
    Quercus petraea (8)
    Alnus glutinosa (7)
    Pinus (6)
    Acer pseudoplatanus (5)
    Fraxinus excelsior (4)
    Pinus sylvestris (4)
    Betula (2)
    Betula pendula (2)
    Larix (2)
    Picea abies (2)
    Poa (2)
    Beech (1)
    Betula pubescens (1)
    Crataegus monogyna (1)
    Larix decidua (1)
    Prunus laurocerasus (1)
    Prunus spinosa (1)
    Salix (1)
    Salix cinerea (1)
    Sorbus aucuparia (1)
    Tilia cordata x platyphyllos (1)
    Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
    Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (25)
    Woodland: broadleaved (22)
    Woodland: mixed (22)
    Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (12)
    Neutral grassland: semi-improved (9)
    Parkland and scattered trees (8)
    Woodland: coniferous, plantation (8)
    Woodland: mixed, plantation (6)
    Woodland (5)
    Built up area, domestic (4)
    Boundaries: defunct hedge (3)
    Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (3)
    Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (3)
    Acid grassland (2)
    Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (2)
    Marsh/marshy grassland (2)
    Neutral grassland (2)
    Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2)
    Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
    Bare ground (1)
    Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1)
    Boundaries: hedge with trees (1)
    Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1)
    Improved grassland (1)
    Mire: blanket bog (1)
    Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
    Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (1)
    Recently felled woodland (1)
    Scrub (1)
    Woodland: plantation (1)
    Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
    Dead Wood (37)
    Soil (37)
    Soil Leaves (25)
    Soil Grassy (20)
    Wood (14)
    Tree (11)
    Stump (10)
    Branch (4)
    Fallen Tree (4)
    Soil Mossy (3)
    Dead Branch (1)
    Root (1)
    Soil bare (1)
    Soil Needle (1)
    Months recorded in & number of records:
    January (1)
    February (2)
    March (1)
    April (14)
    May (9)
    June (1)
    July (12)
    August (7)
    September (39)
    October (121)
    November (54)
    December (3)