Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Physalacriaceae
Species: Armillaria ostoyae (Romagn.) Herink
Synonyms: Agaricus obscurus
Agaricus polymyces
Armillaria obscura
Armillaria polymyces
Armillariella obscura
Armillariella ostoyae
Armillariella polymyces
Ffwng Melog Tywyll
fungas mealach
fungasan mealach
Lepiota polymyces
Common Name: Dark Honey Fungus


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Armillaria ostoyaePhotographer: © Lou Stacey
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (2)
Prunus laurocerasus (2)
Picea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (2)
Wood (2)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen log (1)
Fallen Tree (1)
Log (1)
Logs, cut (1)
Trunk, fallen (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
March (3)
September (2)
October (10)
November (1)