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| synonyms: Ringless Honey Fungus |
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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 |
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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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Clare Averill (United States) - 08 September 2013
Same street in Cleveland, but less mature with a concave cap. (I have a lot more photos if you would like)
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Lyubomir Radoev (Bulgaria) - 14 July 2013
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Andrew Block (United States) - 11 December 2012
Taken at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y., on 30 September 2012. The were growing under some big trees out in the grass amongst the headstones.
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dead yank (United States) - 25 September 2011
This Armillaria tabescens was growing after a few days of rain in Northern Virginia near a red maple stump. Picture was taken about 11:00am Sept 24th, 2011.
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Dejan Stojanovic (Yugoslavia) - 22 June 2011
Vegetate the area surem Zaplanje. Mushroom in the image found in the village of Han Gadžin (city of Nis), Southern Serbia, SERBIA.
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John Lloyd (United Kingdom) - 18 January 2010
Photo taken 07/09/2005 Messery - France
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Branislav Uzelac (Yugoslavia) - 17 March 2009
photo by Ljubimir Ljushtina from Serbia
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 24 February 2009
Hungarian name, Csoportos tuskogomba, Csupros tuskogomba
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