About Armillaria hinnulea Kile & Watling
Armillaria hinnulea Kile & Watling is a mushroom species that belongs to the Physalacriaceae family. This rare species is only found in Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, it acts as a secondary pathogen of wet sclerophyll forests—meaning it causes disease only after a primary pathogen has already damaged the host—and it produces a woody root rot. A 2008 phylogenetic study of Australian and New Zealand populations of Armillaria hinnulea suggests the species was introduced to New Zealand from Australia on two separate occasions: one introduction was relatively recent, while the other occurred much longer ago.
