How to Grow and Care for Honey fungi

The honey fungus is a parasitic fungus that grows on the roots of many woody and perennial plants, damaging and possibly killing its host. It spreads underground and is considered to be the most damaging fungal disease in gardens across the UK. The appearance of the mushrooms above-ground heralds a much more extensive infection below.

This parasitic fungus species has the ability to damage large swathes of forest. It lives as interwoven underground threads that only occasionally sprout surface mushrooms. A single specimen of dark honey mushroom can grow for thousands of years, and one found in the US covers 2200 acres, earning it the title of the world’s largest living organism.