Honey mushrooms (Armillaria mellea) growing on a tree
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Fungi February: Honey mushrooms grow in clusters at the base of the plants the fungus infects. The mycelium and rhizomorphs spread far and wide to reach new hosts, as infection via spores is much less successful.
Disclaimer: Don’t rely on pictures of cute mushrooms with eyes to accurately identify edible mushrooms. At best the wrong one will taste bad, at worst it’ll be deadly!
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Animal practice 43
Plants
Flo-Rel (Ent)
Cycle (tree of life)
Fungi
SHroom (honey mushroom)
Matango (Toadstool Mushroom)
Microbes (Bacteria/Protist/Archaea/Monera)
Micro (microbe)
Micra (Bacteria)
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United States of America 🇺🇸:
In the state of Oregon, USA, you can find an individual Armillaria ostoyae, colloquially referred to as “humongous fungus”. It the largest known single living organism in the world by area, with most of its body being underground. Scientists estimate that it covers over 9.6 squared kilometres, and likely far more than that.
It’s edible - though its taste is of questionable quality - and often mistaken as a single innocent mushroom, as bits of the fungus “sprouts” on occasion. It is also likely over 2400 years old.
Oh, and it’s bioluminescent. So basically, the fucker glows!
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Honey mushrooms (Armillaria sp.) growing out of the roots of a dead, fallen tree
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honey-mushroom (armillaria)
iNaturalist observation
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same honey's, different day
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Armillaria mellea, honey fungus- watercolors and ink, 2022
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