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Wooly Brown Mushrooms  Armillaria mellea,Fall,Geotagged,United States Click/tap to enlarge

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Armillaria mellea is a basidiomycete fungus in the genus "Armillaria". It is a plant pathogen and part of a cryptic species complex of closely related and morphologically similar species. It causes Armillaria root rot in many plant species and produces mushrooms around the base of trees it has infected.

Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Sep 23, 2015. Captured Oct 23, 2015 12:33 in K-3 Trail, Issaquah, WA 98027, USA.
  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 10s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm