Agaricaceae
- Amanita
Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few e...
- Cantharellus
A well-known genus of fungus; has funnel-shaped fruiting body; includes the chante...
- Agaricus
Type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible...
- Coprinus
Genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid;...
- Pleurotus
Agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of...
- Lactarius
Large genus of agarics that have white spore and contain a white or milky juice when cut...
- Marasmius
Chiefly small mushrooms with white spores.
- Russula
Large genus of fungi with stout stems and white spores and neither annulus nor volva; brittle...
Usneaceae
- Usnea
Widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched t...
- Alectoria
Lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus.
- Evernia
Lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus.
- Ramalina
Shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus.
Pythiaceae
- Phytophthora
Destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants.
- genus Pythium
Destructive root-parasitic fungi.
Strophariaceae
- Pholiota
Genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus...
- Stropharia
Genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed...
Tricholomataceae
- Lentinus
A genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceae.
- Omphalotus
A genus of fungi with a depressed disc in the cap.
Xylariaceae
- Xylaria
Type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody...
- Rosellinia
Fungi having smooth perithecia with dark one-celled ascospores.
Parmeliaceae
- Parmelia
Type genus of the Parmeliaceae; a large genus of chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens.
- Cetraria
Foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes.
Rhizopogonaceae
- Rhizopogon
A genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers.
- Truncocolumella
A genus of fungi belonging to the family Rhizopogonaceae.
Mucoraceae
- genus Rhizopus
A genus of rot-causing fungi having columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored...
- genus Mucor
Type genus of the Mucoraceae; genus of molds having cylindrical or pear-shaped sporangia...
Also contains
- Scleroderma
Genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles.
- Peronospora
Genus of destructive downy mildews.
- Saprolegnia
Aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains.
- Entoloma
Agarics with pink spores but lacking both volva and annulus (includes some that are po...
- genus Lecanora
Type genus of Lecanoraceae; crustaceous lichens.
- Synchytrium
Simple parasitic fungi including pond scum parasites.
- Albugo
Type genus of the Albuginaceae; fungi causing white rusts.
- Plasmodiophora
Type genus of Plasmodiophoraceae comprising minute plant parasitic fungi similar...
- Tuber
Type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles.
- Erysiphe
Genus of powdery mildews.
- Ceratostomella
Genus of fungi forming continuous hyaline spores.
- genus Roccella
Chiefly fruticose maritime rock-inhabiting lichens.
- Claviceps
Fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses.
- Cladonia
Type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting...
- genus Sclerotinia
Large genus of ascomycetous fungi including various destructive plant pathoge...
- Tulostoma
Type genus of the Tulostomaceae.
- genus Dictostylium
Genus of slime molds that grow on dung and decaying vegetation.
- genus Chlorophyllum
A genus of fungus belonging to the family Lepiotaceae.
- Hydnum
Type genus of Hydnaceae.
- Neurospora
Genus of fungi with black perithecia used extensively in genetic research; includes some...
- Pertusaria
Crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus.
- Helotium
Type genus of the Helotiaceae.
- Entomophthora
Type genus of the Entomophthoraceae; fungi parasitic on insects.
- Blastocladia
A genus of fungi of the family Blastodiaceae.