honey fungus
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honey fungus
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(Plants) an edible basidiomycetous fungus, Armillaria mellea, having a yellow-spotted cap and wrinkled stems, parasitic on the roots of woody plants, which it may kill by root rot. It spreads by thin black underground strands. Also called: bootlace fungus
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Noun | 1. | ![]() agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside Armillariella, genus Armillariella - a honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria; grows in clusters; edible (when cooked) but most attention has been on how to get rid of it |
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