Armillaria gallica Marxm. & Romagn.
Honey mushroom

Armillaria from armilla, ring, referring to the annulus

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Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap to 8 cm; stalk central. Spore Print Color: white. Spores: basidiospores 7.2-9.5 x 4.8-6 µm, ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: cap hairy; stipe swollen at base; annulus cobwebby

Diagnostic microscopic feature: clamp connections at base of basidia

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East of the Rocky Mtsvery common

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on ground or rotten wood

Habitat: primarily in hardwood forests

Fruiting Season: fall

  
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
 

 

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