Where’s Wildlife · Mushroom Field Guide
Armillaria sp.
Likely identification. This entry is excluded from quiz questions.
Brown caps growing in a compact woodland cluster.
Honey Mushrooms. Select the photo to browse the gallery. Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
LIKELY IDENTIFICATION
Fruiting varies with local weather and habitat.
Brown caps growing in a compact woodland cluster
Pale gills and remnants of stem rings
Fibrous stems with yellowish material near their bases
Compare form, texture and growing surfaces in the photographs below.
The cap and underside views suggest Armillaria. Yellowish veil material can occur in the A. gallica group, but these photographs do not establish a species. Retained as a likely identification and excluded from quiz questions.
Confirm a white spore print, ring details and the connection to wood or buried roots. Several Armillaria species and other brown clustered mushrooms require careful comparison.
Woodlands. Often late summer and fall.
Species decay wood; some also parasitize trees.
Pale gills and remnants of stem rings
Fibrous stems with yellowish material near their bases
The cap and underside views suggest Armillaria. Yellowish veil material can occur in the A. gallica group, but these photographs do not establish a species. Retained as a likely identification and excluded from quiz questions.
The exact locality of these uploads has not yet been recorded.
Explore reported sightings on iNaturalist. Observation records are not a complete range map.
Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
Identification notes & comments
Think a photograph has a different identification? Please include its filename or describe the image, suggest a name, and explain the identifying features. Links to reliable references are welcome. Thoughtful corrections help improve this guide.
Suggestions are reviewed before we change a label. First-time comments may await moderation.