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Armillaria mellea (Vahl) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 134 (1871) Agaricus melleus Vahl, Fl. Dan. 9: tab. 1013 (1790)
Armillaria mellea var. sulphurea (Weinm.) P. Karst., Ryssl., Finl. Skandin. Halföns. Hattsvamp. (Helsingfors) 32: 22 (1879)
Armillariella mellea (Vahl) P. Karst., Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 2(1): 4 (1881)
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. English name = 'Honey Fungus'.
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:, 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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