Armillaria gallica

Armillaria gallica is a species of honey mushroom in the family Physalacriaceae of the order Agaricales. It is a common and ecologically important wood-decay fungus that can live as a saprobe, or as an opportunistic parasite in weakened tree hosts to cause root or butt rot. The fungus received international attention in the early 1990s when an individual colony living...