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Honey mushroom

Armillaria ostoyae

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Habitat:

These pictures were taken in Nov 2007, in a mixed deciduous forest at the foot of an oak near to the Dutch coast. As you can see they are quite big. The largest was almost a foot high.

Species ID Suggestions

Changeable Melanoleuca

Melanoleuca melaleuca

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MickGrant
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Comments (4)
LarsKorb
looks indeed like a Honey Mushroom - pretty large cap but other charactaristics do match
Antoine Verfaille
@ Edward: Thank you for the honey mushroom, I looked up a couple of sites on the internet and think that I have find the right one. If I am not mistaking it could be Armillaria ostoyae, which is a Honey Mushroom. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/44760620 http://www.kijkenindenatuur.nl/paddenstoelen/honingzwamsombere.htm
Antoine Verfaille
@ Mick: First of all let me thank you for helping me to identify the species. I had a look at that fungus aswell but the downsite of mine was brown while the downsite of Melanoleuca melaleuca is white. Then this fungus has a clear pattern of spots and rings on the top while Melanoleuca melaleuca is more equally brown. So I think it is a other species.

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PublishedJanuary 19, 2012

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