Description:
Note the characteristic double layer of darker scales on the collar-like ring. (Main Image supplied by CloudedYellow)
Additional Notes:
Habitat: Parasitic, then saprotrophic on living and dead wood
of deciduous and coniferous trees and shrubs, often with a preference
for acidic soils.
Notes: Apparently widespread and may be locally common, but previously not distinguished from A. mellea. The ‘commonest Armillaria in Scotland after A. gallica' fide Watling (pers. comm.).
Ref: BC
