"honey fungus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Wikispecies honey fungus [canonical], honey fungi [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|honey fungi}} honey fungus (plural honey fungi)
  1. A parasitic mushroom of the genus Armillaria that lives on trees and shrubs. Wikipedia link: honey fungus Categories (lifeform): Euagarics Synonyms: honey mushroom, bootlace fungus, shoestring mushroom Translations (mushroom of the genus Armillaria): alzinoi [masculine] (Catalan), václavka [feminine] (Czech), mesisieni (Finnish), Hallimasch [masculine] (German), chiodino [masculine] (Italian), opieńka (Polish), armilária [feminine] (Portuguese), ghebe [feminine, plural] (Romanian), опёнок (opjónok) [masculine] (Russian), podpňovka [feminine] (Slovak), honungsskivling (Swedish)

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