Old stump and honey fungus

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Can anyone give me any advice?

There has been an old tree stump in my garden since we moved in 13 years ago. It is pretty unobtrusive and I have really just ignored this.

I recently noticed that there is some yellow fungus growing on the stump which I think might be honey fungus. I've read up and I know I need to remove the whole stump so it doesn't spread. How easy is that going to be? Do I basically just dig it out? Am I likely to be able to manage this myself?

Grateful for any advice.

The yellow fungus might not be honey fungus. Honey fungus is named after its colour, ie honey coloured rather than yellow. Yellow would put me in mind of Sulphur Tuft.

The mushroom/toadstool is just the fruiting body - the bulk of the fungus is the mycelium in the soil, and I imagine if you've had the stump for a long while, if it is honey fungus, the mycelium will have already spread a long way beyond the stump. The largest living organism in the wild is said to be a honey fungus in Oregon, covering over 2300 acres (965 hectares).

The RHS publishes a list of plants downloadable from here which are susceptible to, or resistant to, honey fungus.

Mere thank you, that's really useful advice. I hope it isnt honey fungus, I thought it looked like the photos I saw online but ill have a closer inspection tomorrow.

The stump is old, but I've never seen fungus on it before. Nothing else in the garden seems affected so far.

The stump is old, but I've never seen fungus on it before. That doesn't mean the fungus hasn't been there. It doesn't produce fruiting bodies every year.

There's an id guide here