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Armillaria mellea (Vahl) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 134 (1871)

Agaricus melleus Vahl, Fl. Danic. 6: tab. 1013 (1790)
Armillaria mellea var. sulfurea (Weinm.) P. Karst., Hattsvampar 32: 22 (1879)
Armillariella mellea (Vahl) P. Karst., Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 2(no. 1): 4 (1881) [1881-1885]
Armillaria mellea var. minor Barla, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 3: 143 (1887)
Armillaria mellea var. maxima Barla, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 3: 143 (1887)
Clitocybe mellea (Vahl) Ricken, Die Blätterpilze: 362 (1914)

Habitat: Virulently parasitic, then saprotrophic. Growing on many species of deciduous trees and shrubs, less frequently on conifers.

Notes: Common and widespread, but only occasional in Scotland fide R. Watling (pers. comm.). Older records should be viewed with caution, as they may represent other species not previously distinguished.

Distribution: E: c, S: o, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: c; Isle of Man: c

Vouchers: England: K(M) 90352; Scotland: K(M) 64451; NI: K(M) 87585

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Armillaria mellea (slender form), p. 32-322
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 138, pl. 134
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 143
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 181 ( no.313)
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 3: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Tricholomataceae (2), (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 3: 183 pp. (1995), p. 35

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