Armillaria socialis    (DC.:Fr.) Fayod 

common name(s) : Ringless Honey Fungus, Ringless Armillaria 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Tricholomataceae/Clitocyboideae/Clitocybeae  

synonyms: Armillaria tabescens, Clitocybe tabescens, Armillariella tabescens, Clitocybe gymnopodia 

edibility : discard

photo gallery of  Armillaria socialis
photo gallery of  Armillaria socialis potential confusions with  Armillaria socialis toxicity of Armillaria socialis genus Armillaria  

The cap is ochre brown. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is pale ochre-brown, without ring.

The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is astringent; the odour is strong; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white then flesh pink, adnate, crowded . The spore print is pale cream. This species is parasitic or saprophytic. It grows on wood (dead or not), in tufts, in broad-leaved (sometimes coniferous) woods, with oak.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 1 and 10 cm)
  height of stem approximately 8 cm (between 2 and 13 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 8 mm (between 3 and 12 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : like a honey fungus without ring : brown cap with fine scales at its centre; gills slightly decurrent; stem without ring; in tufts on deciduous wood

Armillaria socialis is infrequent and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Armillaria socialis in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Armillaria socialis in the forest of Rambouillet



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