3/6/2018 Armillaria gallica Marxm. & Romagn.

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Armillaria gallica Marxm. & Romagn. Honey mushroom

Armillaria from armilla, ring, referring to the annulus

Description: mushroom

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

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: cap hairy; stipeswollen at base; annulus cobwebby

Diagnostic microscopic feature: clamp connections atbase of basidia

East of theRocky Mtsverycommon

3/6/2018 Armillaria gallica Marxm. & Romagn.

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Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on ground or rotten wood

Habitat: primarily in hardwood forests

Fruiting Season: fall

Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota

Order: Agaricales