Armillaria heimii
| Armillaria heimii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Physalacriaceae |
| Genus: | Armillaria |
| Species: | A. heimii |
| Binomial name | |
| Armillaria heimii Pegler (1977) | |
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Armillaria heimii is a species of fungus in the family Physalacriaceae that is found in East Africa. It causes root rot in tea trees. The fungus was originally described as Clitocybe elegans by Roger Heim in 1963.[1] David Pegler transferred it to the genus Armillaria in 1977.[2]
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