Honeys and Entolomas
Honey Mushroom At this time of the year in my area Honey Mushrooms (Genus Armillaria) is showing up in great numbers. It is a complex of parasitic fungus species, quite aggressive and destructive for the attacked plant. They vary greatly in color (from light yellow to dark brown) and size. The ringless Honey Mushroom (Armillaria tabescens) is usually dull brown to yellowish and does not have ring on the stem. It is first Honey Mushroom to appear in the season, preceding Armillaria mellea for several weeks. The whole Honey Mushroom season is extremely short and can be over in just a few days. The mushroom are medium size and show frequently in great clusters under the tree or on underground roots. Sometimes they do show as singles and couples and sometimes they grow directly on trunks and stumps. As usual, the best to pick are the buttons, before cap actually opens. Apparently they are forming the biggest single living organism on the planet Earth. The fungus with same DNA stretches o...