honey fungi
honey fungi is the plural of honey fungus.
Meaning of honey fungus
Noun
honey fungus (plural honey fungi)
- A parasitic mushroom of the genus Armillaria that lives on trees and shrubs.
- The common edible Mushroom or Honey-fungus (Agaricus melleus) is also a very common, and in many places a very dangerous, parasite in young crops of conifers, which, however, also occurs extensively as a saprophyte on dead stools and roots of old trees, especially of Beeches.1893, Hermann Heinrich von Fürst, The Protection of Woodlands Against Dangers Arising from Organic and Inorganic Causes, page 75
- Synonyms:
- honey mushroom, bootlace fungus, shoestring mushroom
Questions about honey fungi
- What is honey fungi the plural of?
- Honey fungi is the plural of honey fungus.
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