
Bulbous Honey Fungus (Armillaria gallica)
Habitat: Growing in a cluster on wood at the base of an old chestnut oak tree in a dense mixed hardwood/pine forest. Northwest Georgia.
Gills: lamellulae present, cream colored, slightly decurrent
Stipe: white. bulbous and yellow-stained near the base. flimsy (cobwebby) white ring zone
Cap: brown with white veil remnants. appears fuzzy.
Spore print: White.

"Armillaria gallica" is a species of honey mushroom in the family Physalacriaceae of the order Agaricales. The species is a common and ecologically important wood-decay fungus that can live as a saprobe, or as an opportunistic parasite in weakened tree hosts to cause root or butt rot.
