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			[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 gallica	bulbous honey fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		live	plant		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood			[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 gallica	bulbous honey fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		dead	wood		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live plant			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 gallica	bulbous honey fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		live	plant		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood			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 gallica	bulbous honey fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live plant			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 gallica	bulbous honey fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Chamaecyparis/	Chamaecyparis	a genus of cypresses		live	plant		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood			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 gallica	bulbous honey fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Chamaecyparis/	Chamaecyparis	a genus of cypresses		dead	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live plant			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 gallica	bulbous honey fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja/	Thuja	red cedars		live	plant		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood			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 gallica	bulbous honey fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja/	Thuja	red cedars		dead	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live plant			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 gallica	bulbous honey fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces		live	plant		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood			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 gallica	bulbous honey fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces		dead	wood		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody infects and damages live plant			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 gallica	bulbous honey fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas fir		live	plant		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood			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 gallica	bulbous honey fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas fir		dead	wood		Minor

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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

Armillaria
(honey fungi)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Armillaria
(honey fungi)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Armillaria gallica (Bulbous Honey Fungus)
Genus	Armillaria (honey fungi)
Family	PHYSALACRIACEAE (a family of toadstools and chanterelles)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Armillaria gallica is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (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:

Armillaria
(honey fungi)

PHYSALACRIACEAE
(a family of toadstools and chanterelles)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
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):

Armillaria
(honey fungi)

PHYSALACRIACEAE
(a family of toadstools and chanterelles)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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