Didn’t expect this at all. However I know A. gallica grows where I found it, and all features are a match.
Category Archives: Armillaria gallica
#04 Armillaria gallica – Large specimens.
When left alone, young A. gallicas can get quite large, given enough water. The second and forth picture caps were approximately 4-5″ across.
#01 Armillaria gallica – They’re *everywhere*
Remember 2010/10/19#03? The entire Helyar Woods suddenly exploded in Honey Mushrooms.
We brought a *bucket* of them home, and just to be sure that there were no Galerinas in the bunch (deadly potential look-alikes with a brown sporeprint), we spore printed *every* $%^&in’ cluster to make sure that each of them came back white (the color Armillarias should be).
Given their growing habit (re: The Humongous Fungus), I wonder if all of the Honey Mushrooms in Helyar Woods come from the same “individual”?
#03 – Armillaria gallica getting ready to sprout
Fledgling Honey Mushrooms!
Revisiting these patches later yielded loads of Armillaria gallica, so these are the earlier stages of their development.
See [specimen number pending].