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Armillaria tabescens.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Ringless Honey Fungus
Armillariella tabescens Mushroom
Ref No: 7078
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Armillaria tabescens (Scop. ex Fr.) Emel syn. Clitocybe tabescens (Scop. ex Fr.) Bres. Ringless Honey Fungus Cap 4–8cm across, convex then expanded and irregular, ochre brown with darker cottony scales. Stem 50–80×8–12mm, tapering towards the base, pale ochre-brown, without a ring. Flesh whitish. Taste astringent, smell strong. Gills whitish soon becoming pinkish brown. Spore print pale cream. Spores 8–10 x 5–7µ. Habitat in clusters on stumps or roots especially of oak. Season late summer to early autumn. Rare –readily distinguished from A. mellea by the absence of the ring. Edible with caution only when well when cooked. Distribution, America and Europe.

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John Lloyd (United Kingdom) - 18 January 2010

Photo taken 07/09/2005 Messery - France
Armillariella tabescens
Branislav Uzelac (Yugoslavia) - 17 March 2009

photo by Ljubimir Ljushtina from Serbia
Armillariella tabescens
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 24 February 2009

Hungarian name, Csoportos tuskogomba, Csupros tuskogomba
Armillariella tabescens
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