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.