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Originally Posted by Tom
That's the mycelium. Many different types of fungi have
mycelium that looks very similar; it is usually necessary
to wait for the "fruiting body" to appear before
identification can be made.
In the vast majority of cases the mycelium is harmless
to live plants, the common exception being "honey fungus".
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And even there there is some doubt, with many people saying that honey fungus affects plants which are already failing in some way. It is one of the commonest fungi in the woodlands of the UK, and something that lived enthusiastically on living plants and is as common as that would be expected to do a lot more visible damage.