Armillaria

Armillaria (Fr.) Staude, Schwämme Mitteldeutschl. 28: xxviii, 130 (1857) Background Armillaria is a plant pathogenic genus in the phylum Basidiomycota, family Physalacriaceae (He et al. 2019), collectively referred to as shoestring root-rot fungi or honey mushrooms. Armillaria can cause root-rot disease in a wide variety of woody...