bootlace fungus


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bootlace fungus

n
(Plants) another name for honey fungus
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The other common name is the bootlace fungus because of what is going on underground.
I am afraid the problem is certainly due to a disease called honey fungus, or the bootlace fungus (pictured right).
All three of these symptoms tell me that the hedge is almost certainly dying a painful death from the effects of Armillaria mellea, the Honey Fungus or Bootlace fungus that is so common on woody subjects.