Armillaria mellea
(Vahl) P.Kumm. · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Armillaria mellea's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility35 006 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI123 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics95 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Armillaria mellea, commonly known as honey fungus, is a basidiomycete fungus in the genus Armillaria. It is a plant pathogen and part of a cryptic species complex of closely related and morphologically similar species. It causes Armillaria root rot in many plant species and produces mushrooms around the base of trees it has infected. The symptoms of infection appear in the crowns of infected trees as discoloured foliage, reduced growth, dieback of the branches and death. The mushrooms are edible but some people may be intolerant to them. This species is capable of producing light via bioluminescence in its mycelium. Armillaria mellea is widely distributed in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The fruit body or mushroom, commonly known as stump mushroom, stumpie, honey mushroom, pipinky or pinky, grows typically on hardwoods but may be found around and on other living and dead wood or in open areas.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Armillaria mellea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds97 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-Sandaracopimaric acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,2R,5R,6R,9R,10R,13S,15R)-5-[(E,2R,5R)-5,6-dimethylhept-3-en-2-yl]-6,10-dimethyl-16,17-dioxapentacyclo[13.2.2.01,9.02,6.010,15]nonadec-18-en-13-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,2R,5S,7R,9S,12R,15R,16R)-15-[(E,2R,5S)-5,6-dimethylhept-3-en-2-yl]-2,16-dimethyl-8-oxapentacyclo[9.7.0.02,7.07,9.012,16]octadec-10-en-5-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,2aS,4aR,7aS,7bR)-2-(2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoyl)oxy-2a-hydroxy-6,6,7b-trimethyl-1,2,4a,5,7,7a-hexahydrocyclobuta[e]indene-3-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,2aS,4aS,7aS,7bR)-2-((2,4-Dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoyl)oxy)-2,2a,4a,5,6,7,7a,7b-octahydro-2a-hydroxy-6,6,7b-trimethyl-1H-cyclobut(e)indene-3-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,3S,4R,5R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[6-[(5-hydroxy-2-pyridinyl)-methylamino]purin-9-yl]oxolane-3,4-diol | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,4S,4aR,7aS,7bR)-2,4,4a,5,6,7,7a,7b-Octahydro-3-(hydroxymethyl)-6,6,7b-trimethyl-1H-cyclobut(e)indene-2,4-diol | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S)-1-(2-(furan-2-yl)-2-oxoethyl)-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (2s,2Ar,4ar,7ar,7bs)-3-formyl-2a-hydroxy-6,6,7b-trimethyl-2,2a,4a,5,6,7,7a,7b-octahydro-1h-cyclobuta[e]inden-2-yl 3-chloro-6-hydroxy-4-methoxy-2-methylbenzoate | present | LOTUS | |
| (3-Formyl-2a-methoxy-6,6,7b-trimethyl-1,2,4a,5,7,7a-hexahydrocyclobuta[e]inden-2-yl) 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoate | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Armillaria mellea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Armillaria mellea carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type35 006 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions58 of 111 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Bronx, US | 228 |
| Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record | 179 |
| Chicago, US | 106 |
| TENN-Flocation not on record | 90 |
| Kyiv, UA | 86 |
| Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record | 79 |
| Pullman, US | 60 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 57 |
| Chiba, JP | 52 |
| Uppsala, SE | 47 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 34 |
| ILLSlocation not on record | 34 |
| Cincinnati, US | 30 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 29 |
| Kew, GB | 28 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 28 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 25 |
| Toronto, CA | 25 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 24 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 24 |
| Kuopio, FI | 21 |
| 21 | |
| Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record | 20 |
| Champaign, US | 20 |
| Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record | 19 |
| Tomioka, JP | 17 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 17 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 17 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 16 |
| Tartu, EE | 15 |
| Osaka, JP | 14 |
| Helsinki, FI | 14 |
| JA-CAGPDS-CAMlocation not on record | 14 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 13 |
| WU-MYClocation not on record | 13 |
| LDlocation not on record | 13 |
| St. Paul, US | 12 |
| HabitatVisionlocation not on record | 12 |
| Slovenian Forestry Institutelocation not on record | 12 |
| Vitoria, ES | 11 |
| Blacksburg, US | 11 |
| Durham, US | 11 |
| Trondheim, NO | 10 |
| IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record | 10 |
| Lincoln, US | 10 |
| Görlitz, DE | 10 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 9 |
| Madison, US | 8 |
| Bando, JP | 8 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 8 |
| National Mushroom Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Bhutanlocation not on record | 7 |
| Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centrelocation not on record | 7 |
| Mexico City, MX | 7 |
| Vancouver, CA | 7 |
| Göteborg, SE | 6 |
| Odawara, JP | 6 |
| Durango, MX | 6 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 5 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 5 |
| MAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Zapopan, MX | 4 |
| V. N. Karazin National Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Córdoba, ES | 4 |
| Burlington, US | 4 |
| Laramie, US | 4 |
| Grupo Actinomicetales Merida Facultad de Medicinalocation not on record | 4 |
| Mexico City, MX | 4 |
| PHlocation not on record | 4 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| Mlocation not on record | 3 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| CA | 3 |
| Colorado State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 2 |
| New Brunswick, US | 2 |
| Staten Island, US | 2 |
| Kathmandu, NP | 2 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 2 |
| Tilburg, NL | 2 |
| Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record | 2 |
| Helsinki, FI | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| Olocation not on record | 2 |
| Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Youngstown State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Salzburg, AT | 1 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Santa Cruz, US | 1 |
| Hirosaki Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| DIEF VALONSADEROlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record | 1 |
| James Ford Bell Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| DPIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| Private Collection of Sarah DeLong-Duhonlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bardejov, SK | 1 |
| TFC Miclocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 1 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 1 |
| Brown Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Baton Rouge, US | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| Gijón, ES | 1 |
| Yerevan State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 1 |
| Mérida, ES | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Armillaria mellea was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.