Armillaria limonea

Armillaria limonea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Physalacriaceae
Genus: Armillaria
Species:
A. limonea
Binomial name
Armillaria limonea
(G.Stev.) Boesew. (2001)

Armillaria limonea is a species of mushroom in the family Physalacriaceae. This plant pathogen species is one of four Armillaria species that have been identified in Aotearoa New Zealand the others are A. novae-zelandiae, A. hinnulea, A. aotearoa).[1]

In Aotearoa New Zealand the Te Reo name is harore, the English vernacular name is lemon honeycap, and the diseases caused by Armillaria species are called root rot.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Hood, I. A.; Ramsfield, T. D. (2016). "Armillaria aotearoa species nova". New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science. 46 (1): 2. Bibcode:2016NZJFS..46....2H. doi:10.1186/s40490-016-0058-y. ISSN 1179-5395.
  2. ^ Buchanan, P.; Stewart, G.; Jacob, H (2017). Ngā Hekaheka o Aotearoa. Manaaki Whenua, Landcare Research. pp. 24–27. ISBN 978-1-77550-336-1.
  3. ^ Ridley, G.S. "A System for the Development of English Language Names for Agarics and Boletes in New Zealand (and Australia?)" (PDF). Australasian Mycologist. 23 (1): 27–30.
  4. ^ Hood, I.A. (1989). "Armillaria root disease in New Zealand Forests" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science. 19 (2/3): 180–197.