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Ringless Honey Mushroom
Ringless Honey Mushroom
Desarmillaria caespitosa
Fungi
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
A few years
Size
Medium
Diet
Decomposer
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Spores
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Unlike its close relative the honey mushroom, this species grows in dense clusters at the base of trees without a ring (annulus) on its stem. It is a parasitic and decay fungus that weakens and eventually kills the hardwood trees it colonizes.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    spore
    A microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
  2. 2.
    mycelium
    A thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
  3. 3.
    fruiting body
    A mature fruiting body emerges to release the next generation of spores.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Physalacriaceae
Genus
Desarmillaria
Species
Desarmillaria caespitosa