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Honey Mushroom

Armillaria mellea

Photo by Erin S
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

the patch of mushrooms was about a foot wide, and each cap was anywhere from 1 to 4 inches wide.

Habitat:

In the yard

Notes:

there were three of four of these patches, this one was beside a dying tree. but the others were just on the grass

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
CorduneanuVlad
I think that these are some old Honey Fungi. There is a mushroom in the first photo, in the background that seems to have some white stuff on it - this might be a spore print, which in Honey Fungus (Armillaria Mellea) realy is white.

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Mushroom Mapping
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PublishedOctober 31, 2015

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