Aptly named the Humongous Fungus, this gargantuan entity comprises interconnected strands of Armillaria solidipes, formerly known as Armillaria ostoyae. With an estimated age ranging from 2,400 to ...

The harmless or less virulent species of the fungus often produces tough elastic rhizomorphs in abundance. The bootlaces of the damaging Armillaria mellea, however, are fragile and hard to find, ...

Honey fungus forms an underground network of bootlace-like threads called rhizomorphs, which attack the roots of susceptible plants – usually trees and shrubs. The first signs honey fungus might be ...