honey mushroom

American

noun

the edible mushroom of the oak-root fungus, Armillariella mellea.

Etymology

Origin of honey mushroom

First recorded in 1935–40

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By sequencing the genomes of 15 evenly distributed samples, the researchers could also see how the honey mushroom’s genome changed over time.

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