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Definition of Honey mushroom
1. Noun. A honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw.
Generic synonyms: Agaric
Group relationships: Armillariella, Genus Armillariella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Honey Mushroom
Literary usage of Honey mushroom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1896)
"The honey mushroom is given in the reports of Dr. Taylor as edible. Cooke speaks
of it as the most common and the most universally eaten on the Continent of ..."
2. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"No very accurate facts are available as to the parasitic potentialities of the
honey-mushroom. It occurs everywhere on stumps and dead wood and is commonly ..."
3. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1896)
"The honey mushroom. — The honey mushroom is given in the reports of Dr. Taylor as
edible. Cooke speaks of it as the most common and the most universally ..."
4. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"It is this subterranean growth, which makes the honey mushroom an extremely
dangerous one to the hardwood forests, where it is found. ..."
5. Minnesota Plant Diseases by Edward Monroe Freeman (1905)
"The best known is the common fall- or honey-mushroom which occurs in clusters at
... A few such, as the honey-mushroom, may gain entrance by attacking the ..."
6. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"... one of the higher fungi known as Armillaria mellea (or varieties) and commonly
called, from its usual light, yellowish-brown color, the honey mushroom. ..."
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