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

Synonyms:

Agaricus melleus Agaricus sulphureus Armillaria mellea agg. Armillaria mellea s. lat. Armillaria mellea var. maxima Armillaria mellea var. minor Armillaria mellea var. sulphurea Armillariella mellea Clitocybe mellea

Common Name:

Honey Fungus

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (50) Corylus avellana (16) Quercus (15) Quercus petraea (8) Alnus glutinosa (7) Fraxinus excelsior (5) Acer pseudoplatanus (5) Pinus sylvestris (4) Acer (4) Pinus (3) Betula pendula (2) Crataegus monogyna (2) Betula (2) Salix (2) Picea abies (2) Poa (2) Sorbus aucuparia (1) Salix cinerea (1) Quercus robur (1) Tilia x vulgaris (1) Prunus spinosa (1) Larix decidua (1) Larix (1) Betula pubescens (1) Acanthaceae (1) Prunus laurocerasus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (27) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (27) Woodland: broadleaved (20) Woodland: mixed (18) Parkland and scattered trees (10) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (9) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8) Woodland (8) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (7) Woodland: mixed, plantation (7) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (6) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (5) Boundaries: defunct hedge (4) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (4) Built up area, domestic (3) Acid grassland (2) Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (2) Marsh/marshy 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) Improved grassland (1) Mire: blanket bog (1) Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (1) Recently felled woodland (1) Scrub (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) Stump (22) Soil Grassy (21) Log (19) Tree (12) Fallen Tree (5) Rotting Wood (2) Soil Mossy (2) Buried Wood (1) 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 (14) May (10) June (3) July (10) August (15) September (51) October (152) November (59) December (2)