FungusPhysalacriaceae
Honey Fungus
Armillaria mellea
- Habitat
- Roots and stumps of deciduous trees, especially Oak
- Substrate
- Parasitic/saprotrophic, root and stump pathogen
Ecological relationships
Grows on
Pedunculate OakQuercus roburOne of the most significant woodland pathogens in Europe, spreads via black rhizomorphs through the soil and can kill mature oaks over several years. Simultaneously a decomposer of dead stumps and a parasite of living trees.
Eaten by
Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martiusForages on wood colonised by Honey Fungus, feeding on both the fungal tissue and associated beetle larvae.