Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Physalacriaceae
Species: Armillaria mellea (Vahl) P. Kumm.

Synonyms:

Agaricus melleus Agaricus sulphureus Armillaria mellea var. maxima Armillaria mellea var. minor Armillaria mellea var. sulphurea Armillariella mellea Clitocybe mellea Ffwng Melog

Common Name:

Honey Fungus

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (50) Corylus avellana (17) Quercus (15) Quercus petraea (8) Alnus glutinosa (7) Fraxinus excelsior (7) Acer pseudoplatanus (5) Pinus sylvestris (4) Acer (4) Pinus (3) Betula (3) Poa (2) Salix (2) Crataegus monogyna (2) Betula pendula (2) Picea abies (2) Salix cinerea (1) Quercus robur (1) Tilia x vulgaris (1) Sorbus aucuparia (1) Prunus spinosa (1) Prunus laurocerasus (1) Larix (1) Betula pubescens (1) Acanthaceae (1) Larix decidua (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (27) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (22) Woodland: broadleaved (18) Woodland: mixed (14) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (9) Parkland and scattered trees (7) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (7) Woodland: mixed, plantation (7) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (6) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (5) Woodland (5) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (5) Boundaries: defunct hedge (4) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (4) Acid grassland (2) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (2) Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (2) Improved grassland (2) Neutral grassland (2) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2) Acid grassland: semi-improved (1) Bare ground (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1) Boundaries: hedge with trees (1) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Mire: blanket bog (1) Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (1) Recently felled woodland (1) Wet heath/acid grassland (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Dead Wood (44) Soil (40) Wood (26) Soil Leaves (25) Soil Grassy (23) Stump (23) Log (19) Tree (12) Fallen Tree (5) Buried Wood (2) Rotting Wood (2) Soil Mossy (2) Dead Branch (1) Fallen log (1) Leaf Litter (1) Root (1) Soil Needle (1) Standing Dead Tree (1) Tree, dead (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (10) February (2) March (7) April (15) May (12) June (3) July (10) August (16) September (61) October (176) November (69) December (2)