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Armillaria mellea

(Vahl:Fr.) P. Kumm.

Honey Fungus

GNRUnranked Found in 67 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.124565

Element CodeNFFUN16010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumBasidiomycota

ClassBasidiomycetes

OrderAgaricales

FamilyTricholomataceae

GenusArmillaria

Synonyms

Armillariella mellea(Vahl:Fr.) P. Karst.

Concept Reference

Farr, D.F., G.F. Bills, G.P. Chamuris, A.Y. Rossman. 1989. Fungi on plants and plant products in the United States. APS Press, St. Paul. 1252 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

A wide number of possible taxa and/or ecotypes have been included under this name. Many of these entities utilize different ecological niches, including wood and litter decomposition, primary and secondary root pathogens, mycorrhiza formation, and mycoparasitism of Entoloma abortivum (as cited in Farr et al. 1989).

Conservation Status

Change Date1996-09-26

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Montana	SNR	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes

CanadaNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Alberta	SNR	Yes
British Columbia	S4	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SNR	Yes
New Brunswick	SU	Yes
Nova Scotia	SU	Yes
Prince Edward Island	SU	Yes
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
Quebec	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (67)

Alabama (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cheaha B	Talladega National Forest	741

California (19)

Area	Forest	Acres
Arroyo Seco	Angeles National Forest	4,703
Barker Valley	Cleveland National Forest	11,940
Bear Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	913
Bell Quinby	Shasta-Trinity National Forest	11,556
Black Butte	Los Padres National Forest	5,116
Chalk Peak	Los Padres National Forest	7,472
Cow Creek	Shasta-Trinity National Forest	22,627
Cucamonga A	Angeles National Forest	1,249
Cutca Valley	Cleveland National Forest	14,530
De La Guerra	Los Padres National Forest	5,418
Dennison Peak	Sequoia National Forest	6,293
Garcia Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	7,850
Lion Ridge	Sequoia National Forest	5,265
Malduce Buckhorn	Los Padres National Forest	14,177
Mono	Los Padres National Forest	28,141
Nordhoff	Los Padres National Forest	12,031
Strawberry Peak	Angeles National Forest	7,245
Tequepis	Los Padres National Forest	9,080
West Girard	Shasta-Trinity National Forest	37,516

Georgia (7)

Area	Forest	Acres
Helton Creek	Chattahoochee National Forest	2,348
Indian Grave Gap	Chattahoochee National Forest	1,020
Kelly Ridge	Chattahoochee National Forest	8,325
Lance Creek	Chattahoochee National Forest	9,025
Pink Knob	Chattahoochee National Forest	12,127
Rocky Mountain	Chattahoochee National Forest	4,269
Sarah's Creek	Chattahoochee National Forest	6,888

New Hampshire (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
Kinsman Mountain	White Mountain National Forest	8,999
Pemigewasset	White Mountain National Forest	32,255
Pemigewasset Ext	White Mountain National Forest	15,840
Sandwich Range	White Mountain National Forest	16,797
Waterville	White Mountain National Forest	4,312

North Carolina (11)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bald Mountain	Pisgah National Forest	11,085
Balsam Cone	Pisgah National Forest	10,591
Bearwallow	Pisgah National Forest	4,113
Big Indian (addition)	Nantahala National Forest	1,155
Chunky Gal (addition)	Nantahala National Forest	3,336
Craggy Mountain	Pisgah National Forest	2,657
Jarrett Creek	Pisgah National Forest	7,485
Linville Gorge Addition	Pisgah National Forest	2,809
Overflow Creek	Nantahala National Forest	3,379
Wesser Bald	Nantahala National Forest	4,061
Yellowhammer Branch (add.)	Nantahala National Forest	1,255

Oregon (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Calf - Copeland Creek	Umpqua National Forest	15,696
Limpy Rock	Umpqua National Forest	6,782

Tennessee (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Flint Mill Gap	Cherokee National Forest	9,494
Joyce Kilmer Slickrock Add.	Cherokee National Forest	1,396
Rogers Ridge	Cherokee National Forest	4,738
Slide Hollow	Cherokee National Forest	4,057

Vermont (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Griffith Lake 09084	Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests	1,833

Virginia (10)

Area	Forest	Acres
Elliott Knob	George Washington National Forest	9,380
Kelley Mountain	George Washington National Forest	7,590
New London Bridge Branch	Jefferson National Forest	844
North Fork Pound	Jefferson National Forest	4,757
North Mountain	Jefferson National Forest	8,377
Oak Knob	George Washington National Forest	10,882
Peters Mountain Addition B	Jefferson National Forest	2,909
Raccoon Branch	Jefferson National Forest	4,388
Skidmore	George Washington National Forest	5,641
Southern Massanutten	George Washington National Forest	11,985

Washington (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Dark Divide	Gifford Pinchot National Forest	52,483
Lightning	Olympic National Forest	7,179

West Virginia (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area	Monongahela National Forest	785
Dry Fork	Monongahela National Forest	657
Dry River (WV)	George Washington National Forest	7,331
Falls Of Hills Creek	Monongahela National Forest	6,925

Wisconsin (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
09154 - St. Peters Dome	Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest	4,002

References (4)

Farr, D.F., G.F. Bills, G.P. Chamuris, A.Y. Rossman. 1989. Fungi on plants and plant products in the United States. APS Press, St. Paul. 1252 pp.
Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2018. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 16 June 2018. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2025. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 29 September 2025. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
MycoBank. 2025. MycoBank database download, export date January 2025. International Mycological Association. [http://www.mycobank.org]