Armillaria gallica Marxm. & Romagn.
(Bulbous Honey Fungus)

Interactions where Armillaria gallica is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody infects and damages live plant UK/IrelandMajor [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria gallica/Armillaria gallicabulbous honey fungusfruitbody Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubsliveplantMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood UK/IrelandMajor [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria gallica/Armillaria gallicabulbous honey fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubsdeadwoodMajor
fruitbody fruitbody infects and damages live plant UK/IrelandMinor PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria gallica/Armillaria gallicabulbous honey fungusfruitbody Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/PinopsidaconifersliveplantMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood UK/IrelandMinor PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria gallica/Armillaria gallicabulbous honey fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/PinopsidaconifersdeadwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody infects and damages live plant UK/IrelandMinor Chamaecyparis a genus of cypresses Pinales: Cupressaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria gallica/Armillaria gallicabulbous honey fungusfruitbody Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Chamaecyparis/Chamaecyparisa genus of cypressesliveplantMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood UK/IrelandMinor Chamaecyparis a genus of cypresses Pinales: Cupressaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria gallica/Armillaria gallicabulbous honey fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Chamaecyparis/Chamaecyparisa genus of cypressesdeadwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody infects and damages live plant UK/IrelandMinor Thuja red cedars Pinales: Cupressaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria gallica/Armillaria gallicabulbous honey fungusfruitbody Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja/Thujared cedarsliveplantMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood UK/IrelandMinor Thuja red cedars Pinales: Cupressaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria gallica/Armillaria gallicabulbous honey fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja/Thujared cedarsdeadwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody infects and damages live plant UK/IrelandMinor Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria gallica/Armillaria gallicabulbous honey fungusfruitbody Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/PiceasprucesliveplantMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood UK/IrelandMinor Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria gallica/Armillaria gallicabulbous honey fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/PiceasprucesdeadwoodMinor
fruitbody fruitbody infects and damages live plant UK/IrelandMinor Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria gallica/Armillaria gallicabulbous honey fungusfruitbody Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas firliveplantMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood UK/IrelandMinor Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria gallica/Armillaria gallicabulbous honey fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas firdeadwoodMinor

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Armillaria gallica (Bulbous Honey Fungus) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Armillaria gallica (Bulbous Honey Fungus) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArmillaria gallica (Bulbous Honey Fungus)
GenusArmillaria (honey fungi)
FamilyPHYSALACRIACEAE (a family of toadstools and chanterelles)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Armillaria gallica (Bulbous Honey Fungus)

Armillaria gallica (Bulbous Honey Fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 2007 Honey fungus – Armillaria species Plant Clinic News Dec 07: 2.
Anderson, J.B., Bruhn, J.N., Kasimer, D., Wang, H., Rodrigue, N. & Smith, M.L. 2018 Clonal evolution and genome stability in a 2500-year-old fungal individual Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285.
Kibby, G. 2009 Editorial (Oct 09) Field Mycology Vol 10 (4): 110.
Mihail, J.D. & Bruhn, J.N. 2005 Foraging behaviour of Armillaria rhizomorph systems Mycol. Res. Vol 109 (11): 1195-1207.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Armillaria gallica (Bulbous Honey Fungus):

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