Armillaria mellea (Vahl) P. Kumm. 1871

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Name scientific

Armillaria mellea (Vahl) P. Kumm., Führer Pilzk. 134 (1871)

Preferred name

Armillaria mellea (Vahl) P. Kumm. 1871

Taxonomy reference

Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. 2001: A nomenclatural checklist of agarics, boletes, and related secotioid and gasteromycetous fungi recorded from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 39(2): 285-348.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Recorded in error

New Zealand

Political Region

including IMI86062

Nomenclature

Authors

(Vahl) P. Kumm.

Original authors

Vahl

Combination authors

P. Kumm.

Publication place

Kummer, P. 1871: Der Führer in die Pilzkunde. C. Luppe.

Year published

1871

Publication page

134

Sanctioning author

Fr.

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Agaricus melleus Vahl 1790

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Armillaria mellea

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Agaricales

Family

Physalacriaceae

Genus

Armillaria

Species

mellea

Subordinates

Armillaria mellea var. bulbosa

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Honey Fungus

Synonyms

Associations

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Associated organism

Association source

is host of

Endomyces decipiens Reess 1870

PDD (1 records from Austria.)

has host

Magnoliopsida

PDD (1 records from France.)

has host

Fagus sylvatica L.

PDD (1 records from United Kingdom.)

is host of

Chaetosphaeria phaeostroma Fuckel

PDD (1 records from United Kingdom.)

Descriptions

Horak, E. 1971: A contribution towards the revision of the Agaricales (Fungi) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 9(3): 403-462.

Armillariella mellea (Vahl) P. Karst. 1881

Notes

A critical study of the N.Z. species of Armillariella is being undertaken by McNabb. Our personal observations indicate that there are several native species besides the introduced A. mellea, which is a common but disliked parasite in the exotic forests of this country.