Meaning of honey fungus | Babel Free

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A parasitic mushroom of the genus Armillaria that lives on trees and shrubs.

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“The common edible Mushroom or Honey-fungus (Agaricus melleus) is also a very common, and in many places a very dangerous, parasite in young crops of conifers, which, however, also occurs extensively as a saprophyte on dead stools and roots of old trees, especially of Beeches.”

“Zhu ling grows on honey fungi (Armelliaria mellea) rhizomorph for nutrients, leading to a unique cultivation process (Huang 1993, Yao & Huang 1993).”

“Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) is most obvious when, in autumn, clumps of honey-coloured, pale-stemmed toadstools appear at the base of a tree.”

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