ChadRT Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 Growing in large clusters on hardwood stump. Photos of young and mature specimens included. Temps have been cooler lately with lots of rain a week ago. In Northwest Arkansas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 8, 2021 Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 Yes, I think this represents Desarmillaria tabescens (Ringless Honey Mushroom), formerly Armillaria tabescens. Not sure, but I think the species name may have recently been changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert Posted October 8, 2021 Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Dave W said: Not sure, but I think the species name may have recently been changed. There was a paper published in April showing that the European D. tabescens was a distinct species from what we find here in NA. They proposed the name Desarmillaria caespitosa for the NA version. I'm pretty sure it was already proposed a few years ago, and this paper is just further reinforcing that a new name is needed. You can read the abstract here (but not the full article). Considering most people have not yet even adopted the use of the genus name Desarmillaria for the ringless Honeys, I'm not sure how quickly the use of the new species name will be accepted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Falcone Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 11:43 PM, Calvert said: There was a paper published in April showing that the European D. tabescens was a distinct species from what we find here in NA. They proposed the name Desarmillaria caespitosa for the NA version. I'm pretty sure it was already proposed a few years ago, and this paper is just further reinforcing that a new name is needed. You can read the abstract here (but not the full article). Considering most people have not yet even adopted the use of the genus name Desarmillaria for the ringless Honeys, I'm not sure how quickly the use of the new species name will be accepted. Seems everyone on the id boards is already using Desarmillaria caespitosa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert Posted October 9, 2021 Report Share Posted October 9, 2021 Well that's good. I'm going to call it that from now on. It doesn't grow this far north. I've never found it (Ontario/Quebec). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 Right! In a few other discussions I had mentioned a "new species name" for what we have been calling Desarmillaria tabescens here in NA. D. caespitosa. I also think that --good grief!-- there may be talk of shifting the Desarmillara species back to genus Armillaria. Has anyone else heard this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 I found some of these yesterday in louisiana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunShroomer3578 Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 Welcome aboard from St. Martin Parish Peanut. Looks like you have some prime specimens there. Nice find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 Desarmilaria caespitosa (Ringless Honey Mushroom) looks like the correct ID. But, it's helpful to show a few undersides/stalks in order to increase confidence in an ID proposal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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