English > fungus genus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Includes lichen genera. |
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| Member of | Fungi, kingdom Fungi, fungus kingdom | The taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools |
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| Narrower | Agaricus, genus Agaricus | type genus of Agaricaceae |
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| Albatrellus, genus Albatrellus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae |
| Albugo, genus Albugo | type genus of the Albuginaceae |
| Alectoria, genus Alectoria | lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus |
| Amanita, genus Amanita | genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions |
| Armillaria, genus Armillaria | genus of edible mushrooms having white spores an annulus and blue juice |
| Armillariella, genus Armillariella | A honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria |
| Aspergillus, genus Aspergillus | genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals |
| Astreus, genus Astreus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Geastraceae |
| Auricularia, genus Auricularia | type genus of the Auriculariaceae |
| Blastocladia, genus Blastocladia | A genus of fungi of the family Blastodiaceae |
| Blastomyces, genus Blastomyces | genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi |
| Boletellus, genus Boletellus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae |
| Boletus, genus Boletus | type genus of Boletaceae |
| Calvatia, genus Calvatia | genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores |
| Cantharellus, genus Cantharellus | A well-known genus of fungus |
| Ceratostomella, genus Ceratostomella | genus of fungi forming continuous hyaline spores |
| Cercospora, genus Cercospora | form ... / form genus of imperfect fungi that are leaf parasites with long slender spores |
| Cercosporella, genus Cercosporella | form ... / form genus of imperfect fungi lacking pigment in the spores and conidiophores |
| Cetraria, genus Cetraria | foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes / latitudes |
| Cladonia, genus Cladonia | type genus of Cladoniaceae |
| Clathrus, genus Clathrus | type genus of the Clathraceae |
| Claviceps, genus Claviceps | fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses |
| Clitocybe, genus Clitocybe | A genus of agarics with white to pale yellow spore deposits and fleshy stalks centrally attached to the cap and closely attached gills |
| Coprinus, genus Coprinus | genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid |
| Corticium, genus Corticium | genus of fungi having simple smooth sporophores |
| Cortinarius, genus Cortinarius | The largest genus in the Agaricales |
| Cronartium, genus Cronartium | rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns |
| Dacrymyces, genus Dacrymyces | type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae |
| Dictyophera, genus Dictyophera | Closely related to genus Phallus distinguished by an indusium hanging like a skirt from below the pileus |
| Entoloma, genus Entoloma | agarics with pink spores but lacking both volva and annulus (includes some that are poisonous) |
| Entomophthora, genus Entomophthora | type genus of the Entomophthoraceae |
| Erysiphe, genus Erysiphe | genus of powdery mildews |
| Eurotium, genus Eurotium | A genus of fungi belonging to the order Eurotiales |
| Evernia, genus Evernia | lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus |
| Fistulina, genus Fistulina | fungi having each pore separate though crowded |
| Flammulina, genus Flammulina | A genus of agarics |
| Fomes, genus Fomes | genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size |
| Fuscoboletinus, genus Fuscoboletinus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae |
| Gastroboletus, genus Gastroboletus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Secotiaceae |
| Gastrocybe, genus Gastrocybe | A genus of fungi of the family Secotiaceae |
| Geastrum, genus Geastrum | type genus of Geastraceae |
| Geoglossum, genus Geoglossum | type genus of the Geoglossaceae comprising the earthtongues |
| Gymnopilus, genus Gymnopilus | A genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit |
| Gymnosporangium, genus Gymnosporangium | genus of fungi that produce galls on cedars and other conifers of genera ... / genera Juniperus and Libocedrus and causes rust spots on apples and pears and other plants of family Rosaceae |
| Helotium, genus Helotium | type genus of the Helotiaceae |
| Hydnum, genus Hydnum | type genus of Hydnaceae |
| Hygrocybe, genus Hygrocybe | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae |
| Hygrophorus, genus Hygrophorus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae |
| Hygrotrama, genus Hygrotrama | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae |
| Lactarius, genus Lactarius | large genus of agarics that have white spore and contain a white or milky juice when cut or broken / broken |
| Leccinum, genus Leccinum | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae |
| Lentinus, genus Lentinus | A genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceae |
| Lycoperdon, genus Lycoperdon | genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium |
| Macowanites, genus Macowanites | A stout-stemmed genus of fungus belonging to the family Secotiaceae having fruiting bodies that never / never expand completely |
| Marasmius, genus Marasmius | chiefly small mushrooms with white spores |
| Melampsora, genus Melampsora | Rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer |
| Microsporum, genus Microsporum | A genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae |
| Morchella, genus Morchella | genus of edible fungi |
| Mutinus, genus Mutinus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Phallaceae |
| Neohygrophorus, genus Neohygrophorus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae |
| Neolentinus, genus Neolentinus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae |
| Neurospora, genus Neurospora | genus of fungi with black perithecia used extensively in genetic research |
| Nidularia, genus Nidularia | type genus of the Nidulariaceae |
| Nigroporus, genus Nigroporus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae |
| Oligoporus, genus Oligoporus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae |
| Omphalotus, genus Omphalotus | A genus of fungi with a depressed disc in the cap |
| Ozonium, genus Ozonium | form ... / form genus of imperfect fungi |
| Parmelia, genus Parmelia | type genus of the Parmeliaceae |
| Pellicularia, genus Pellicularia | genus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust |
| Penicillium, genus Penicillium | genus of fungi commonly growing as green or blue molds on decaying food |
| Peronospora, genus Peronospora | genus of destructive downy mildews |
| Pertusaria, genus Pertusaria | crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus |
| Peziza, genus Peziza | type genus of the Pezizaceae |
| Phallales, order Phallales | Order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid |
| Phallus, genus Phallus | genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem |
| Pholiota, genus Pholiota | genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus |
| Phylloporus, genus Phylloporus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae |
| Phytophthora, genus Phytophthora | destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants |
| Plasmodiophora, genus Plasmodiophora | type genus of Plasmodiophoraceae comprising minute plant parasitic fungi similar to and sometimes included among the slime molds |
| Plectania, genus Plectania | genus of fungi in the family Pezizaceae closely related to and often included in genus Peziza |
| Pleurotus, genus Pleurotus | agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem |
| Pluteus, genus Pluteus, roof mushroom | A large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae |
| Polyporus, genus Polyporus | type genus of the Polyporaceae |
| Pseudocolus, genus Pseudocolus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Clathraceae |
| Puccinia, genus Puccinia | type genus of the Pucciniaceae |
| Radiigera, genus Radiigera | A genus of fungus belonging to the family Geastraceae |
| Ramalina, genus Ramalina | shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus |
| Rhizopogon, genus Rhizopogon | A genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers |
| Rosellinia, genus Rosellinia | fungi having smooth perithecia with dark one-celled ascospores |
| Russula, genus Russula | large genus of fungi with stout stems and white spores and neither annulus nor volva |
| Saccharomyces, genus Saccharomyces | single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding |
| Saprolegnia, genus Saprolegnia | aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains |
| Schizosaccharomyces, genus Schizosaccharomyces | type and only genus of Schizosaccharomycetaceae |
| Scleroderma, genus Scleroderma | genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies |
| Sclerotium, genus Sclerotium | form ... / form genus of sterile imperfect fungi |
| Septobasidium, genus Septobasidium | type genus of Septobasidiaceae |
| Strobilomyces, genus Strobilomyces | fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap |
| Stropharia, genus Stropharia, ring-stalked fungus | genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus |
| Suillus, genus Suillus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae |
| Synchytrium, genus Synchytrium | simple parasitic fungi including pond scum parasites |
| Thielavia, genus Thielavia | genus of fungi having spherical brown perithecia and some conidia borne / borne in chains |
| Tilletia, genus Tilletia | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae |
| Tremella, genus Tremella | fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain |
| Tricholoma, genus Tricholoma | agarics with white spores and a fleshy stalk and notched gills |
| Trichophyton, genus Trichophyton | A genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae |
| Truncocolumella, genus Truncocolumella | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Rhizopogonaceae |
| Tuber, genus Tuber | type genus of the Tuberaceae |
| Tubercularia, genus Tubercularia | type genus of the Tuberculariaceae |
| Tulostoma, genus Tulostoma, Tulestoma, genus Tulestoma | type genus of the Tulostomaceae |
| Urocystis, genus Urocystis | A genus of smut fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae |
| Usnea, genus Usnea | widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus |
| Ustilaginoidea, genus Ustilaginoidea | genus of imperfect fungi causing plant diseases like smut |
| Ustilago, genus Ustilago | type genus of the Ustilaginaceae |
| Volvaria, genus Volvaria | agarics having pink spores and a distinct volva |
| Volvariella, genus Volvariella | An important genus of mushrooms in the Orient |
| Wynnea, genus Wynnea | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Sarcoscyphaceae |
| Xylaria, genus Xylaria | type genus of Xylariaceae |
| genus Candida | A genus of yeastlike imperfect fungi |
| genus Chlorophyllum | A genus of fungus belonging to the family Lepiotaceae |
| genus Dictostylium | genus of slime molds that grow on dung and decaying vegetation |
| genus Discina | A genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body and ornamented spores |
| genus Fusarium | A form ... / form genus of mostly plant parasites some of which cause dry rot |
| genus Gyromitra | A genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a fertile portion that is tan to brown |
| genus Helvella | type genus of the Helvellaceae |
| genus Lecanora | type genus of Lecanoraceae |
| genus Lepiota | agarics with white spores that includes several edible and poisonous mushrooms |
| genus Monilia | genus of parasitic yeastlike imperfect fungi having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains |
| genus Mucor | type genus of the Mucoraceae |
| genus Pythium | destructive root-parasitic fungi |
| genus Rhizoctinia, form genus Rhizoctinia | form ... / form genus of imperfect fungi some species of which are now placed in genera ... / genera Pellicularia and Corticium because their perfect stages have been found |
| genus Rhizopus | A genus of rot-causing fungi having columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored to the substrate by rhizoids |
| genus Roccella | chiefly fruticose maritime rock-inhabiting lichens |
| genus Sclerotinia | large genus of ascomycetous fungi including various destructive plant pathogens |
| genus Verticillium | genus of imperfect fungi having conidia borne singly at the apex of whorled branchlets |
| Broader | genus | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species |
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| Spanish | hongos |
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| Catalan | fongs |
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