Honey Fungus in Northern Great Plain: the week ahead
Armillaria mellea
The map below is built from the measurement network. A 2.5 km grid with a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.
Flush phase
- Quiet
- Starting
- Building
- Peak
- Fading
Updated 18 September 2026, 11:37 BST
7 days
Index, day by day
Week's best 14average 11by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1118 Sept
- Sat1119 Sept
- Sun1020 Sept
- Mon1021 Sept
- Tue1122 Sept
- Wed1323 Sept
- Thu1424 Sept
Map
Where to look: honey fungus
A field over the measurement network. The colour here is for the leading species at each point, not for this one; a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.
Honey Fungus in Northern Great Plain: where to look
Honey Fungus: the species in brief
How to tell it
Usually grows in dense clusters on stumps, roots or the base of trees. The cap is honey-brown with fine darker scales. A. mellea normally has a ring on the stem and a white spore print.
Where it grows
On living and dead trees, stumps and buried roots. Across much of western Europe it is better known as a serious tree pathogen than as a food mushroom.
In the kitchen
Regional traditions differ. Where it is eaten, follow preparation advice from a local source rather than any single universal cooking time.
Nutrition
Low in calories. It can be relatively heavy to digest.
This is a note about the species, not about what is in your basket. Full card with lookalikes →
What else is out here now
The other species in this region, by today's index.
Honey Fungus in neighbouring regions
A regional boundary means nothing to a mushroom, and the next region is sometimes closer than the far side of your own. The index is for today.