Honey Mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae)

Jenna VoigtBiology 2

October 12, 2012

Honey Mushroom

You can find it in our area. They will be by deciduous tress and pine tress. You’ll see more of them in the fall season than any other season. Honey Mushroom is considered parasite on live trees or even shrubs. You can also find them on old wood and stumps.

The structure of the Honey Mushroom fungi. The top can grow up to four inches across. To top of the mushroom also called the cap is like an upside down bowl. It’s a convex and NOT a concave top, it turns convex when it’s older. The top of the mushroom can be sticky, it can also be dry too. Under the top the gills are a white-ish looking color, they turn yellowish then red as the get older. The long stem can grow up to 6 inches long and get to ¾ inches wide.

Honey Mushroom

Interesting Facts

They are edible mushrooms, but you have to be careful because there are ones that look exactly like it that are harmful.

Easter Gray Squirrels and Leopard Slugs also eat Honey Mushrooms too.

They can act as decomposers when they break down olds stumps and logs.

They bloom in late Summer and early fall.

They are the worlds largest organism.

Honey Mushroom

Honey Mushroom

Citation

1.http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/honey_mushroom.htm

2. https://www.google.com/search?q=honey+mushroom+fungus&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Rah1UN-RC-KbyQHDsoDICQ&sqi=2&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1920&bih=938