I think this is Armillaria mellea. They seem to have a slightly different appearance this very dry (so far) winter.
This mass of mushrooms were growing on top of a buried stump. I don't know what kind of tree it was and I'm not entirely sure about the ID of this mushroom either.
Honey fungus, or Armillaria or pidpenky (Ukrainian: підпеньки), is a genus of parasitic fungi that live on trees and woody shrubs. It includes about 10 species formerly lumped together as A. mellea. Armillarias are long lived and form some of the largest living organisms in the world. The largest single organism (of the species Armillaria ostoyae) covers more than 3.4 square miles (8.9 km²) and is thousands of years old. Some species of Armillaria are bioluminescent and may...
