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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    Armillaria melleaPhotographer: © Mark Wright
    Photographer: © Mark Wright

    Photographer: © Mark Wright
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    Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
    Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
    Alnus glutinosa (1)
    Beech (1)
    Betula (1)
    Betula pendula (1)
    Betula pubescens (1)
    Corylus avellana (1)
    Crataegus monogyna (1)
    Fagus sylvatica (1)
    Fraxinus excelsior (1)
    Hawthorn (1)
    Larix (1)
    Larix decidua (1)
    Picea abies (1)
    Pinus (1)
    Pinus sylvestris (1)
    Poa (1)
    Prunus laurocerasus (1)
    Prunus spinosa (1)
    Quercus (1)
    Quercus petraea (1)
    Salix (1)
    Salix cinerea (1)
    Sorbus aucuparia (1)
    Tilia cordata x platyphyllos (1)
    Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
    Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (21)
    Woodland: broadleaved (20)
    Woodland: mixed (19)
    Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (10)
    Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8)
    Woodland: mixed, plantation (8)
    Parkland and scattered trees (7)
    Woodland: coniferous, plantation (7)
    Woodland (5)
    Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (4)
    Boundaries: defunct hedge (3)
    Built up area, domestic (3)
    Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (3)
    Acid grassland (2)
    Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (2)
    Marsh/marshy grassland (2)
    Neutral grassland (2)
    Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2)
    Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
    Bare ground (1)
    Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1)
    Boundaries: hedge with trees (1)
    Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (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)
    Small parks and city squares (1)
    Wet heath/acid grassland (1)
    Woodland: plantation (1)
    Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
    Branch (1)
    Dead Branch (1)
    Dead Wood (1)
    Fallen Tree (1)
    Root (1)
    Soil (1)
    Soil bare (1)
    Soil Grassy (1)
    Soil Leaves (1)
    Soil Mossy (1)
    Soil Needle (1)
    Stump (1)
    Tree (1)
    Wood (1)
    Months recorded in & number of records:
    January (3)
    February (2)
    March (1)
    April (14)
    May (9)
    June (2)
    July (10)
    August (7)
    September (41)
    October (120)
    November (59)
    December (3)