HONEY FUNGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does honey fungus mean? 

• HONEY FUNGUS (noun)
  The noun HONEY FUNGUS has 1 sense:

1. a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw

  Familiarity information: HONEY FUNGUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HONEY FUNGUS (noun)

Meaning:

A honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Armillariella mellea; honey fungus; honey mushroom

Hypernyms ("honey fungus" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("honey fungus" is a member of...):

Armillariella; genus Armillariella (a honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria; grows in clusters; edible (when cooked) but most attention has been on how to get rid of it)