fungus

fungus causing Dutch elm disease

a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid

fungus causing black root rot in apples

the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria

any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia; some causing brown rot diseases in plants

any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles

mushroom of the genus Tulostoma that resembles a puffball

any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle

a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists

an aquatic fungus of genus Synchytriaceae that is parasitic on pond scum

fungus causing potato wart disease in potato tubers

a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins)

fungus causing a disease characterized by a white powdery mass of conidia

any fungus of the genus Pythium

causes brown rot gummosis in citrus fruits

fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes

a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants

any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe

any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral

a fungus of the family Hydnaceae

any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.

any of numerous fungi of the division Eumycota

any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota

edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe

a fungus with a scaly cap and white flesh and a ring on the stalk (with scales below the ring); odor reminiscent of licorice

fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc

fungus causing bottom rot in lettuce

fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers

fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants

a parasite on various trees

any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus

any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus

any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division

a mold causing aspergillosis in birds and man

fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families

a fungus composed of several apothecia that look like elongated rabbit ears; the sterile surface is dark brown and warty; the fertile surface is smooth and pinkish orange

a fungus with a long solid stalk embedded in soil and a yellow-brown head shaped like a cauliflower

a fungus of the family Helvellaceae

a large fungus of the family Helvellaceae

any fungus of the genus Gyromitra

any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes

any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales

any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature

any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star

a fungus similar to an earthstar except that it does not open up; the spore mass is brown at maturity with a column of sterile tissue extending up into it

any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores

a species of Gastrocybe fungus that has a conic cap and a thin stalk; at first the stalk is upright but as it matures the stalk bends over and then downward; the cap then gelatinizes and a slimy mass containing the spores falls to the ground as the stalk collapses

a small fungus with a fragile cap that cracks to expose the white context and a white stalk that is practically enclosed by the cap

a dingy yellow brown fungus with a rough stalk that superficially resembles a bolete

a fungus with a cap that can vary from red to dark brown; superficially resembles a bolete

large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees

fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses

any fungus of the family Boletaceae

any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh

any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants

any fungus of the order Ustilaginales

fungus that frequently encircles twigs and branches of various trees especially citrus trees in southern United States

a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter

a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter

a fungus of the genus Verticillium

any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia

any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida

any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals

fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia)

fungus causing green smut in rice

a fungus causing dry rot

any fungus now or formerly belonging to the form genus Rhizoctinia

any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum

any of various fungi of the genus Erysiphe producing powdery conidia on the host surface

a sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium

a variety of sclerotinia

an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts

an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel

an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange-yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity

a variety of gastromycete

a large whitish Rhizopogon that becomes greyish brown in maturity

a fungus with a round yellow to orange fruiting body that is found on the surface of the ground or partially buried; has a distinctive sterile column extending into the spore-bearing tissue

any mold of the genus Mucor

any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus

a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes

differing from true slime molds in being cellular and nucleate throughout the life cycle

parasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soil

any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons

fungus causing damping off disease in seedlings

a type of ascomycetous fungus

a type of ascomycetous fungus

a club-shaped coral fungus

a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete

a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete

any lichen of the genus Lecanora; some used in dyeing; some used for food

a source of the dye archil and of litmus

greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees

any of several lichens of the genus Alectoria having a thallus consisting of filaments resembling hair

an erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans

any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made

lichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions; used as a medicine or food for humans and livestock; a source of glycerol

any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside

a basidiomycete with gills

any of various mushrooms of the class Ascomycetes

used as a leaven in baking and brewing

used in making wine

any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes

any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds

any fungus of the genus Discina

a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a thick fluted stalk; found under conifers in California

a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a rosy pink fluted stalk and smooth round spores; found on hardwood slash east of the Great Plains

a poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown

a poisonous fungus; saddle-shaped and dull yellow to brown fertile part is relatively even

a lorchel with deep brownish red fertile part and white stalk

a gyromitra with a large irregular stalk and fertile part that is yellow to brown and wrinkled; has early fruiting time

a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism

this stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh

a stinkhorn having a stalk without a cap; the slimy gleba is simply plastered on its surface near the apex where winged insects can find it

a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body that is globose and has a pale yellow spore case

a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body this globose and has a red spore case

a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body with a thin gelatinous spore case and elliptical spores

a stinkhorn of genus Pseudocolus; the fruiting body first resembles a small puffball that soon splits open to form a stalk with tapering arms that arch and taper to a common point

huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight

an earthstar with a bluish spore sac and a purplish brown gleba; at maturity the outer layer splits into rays that bend backward and elevate the spore sac

the largest earthstar; the fruiting body can measure 15 cm across when the rays are expanded

a common species of earthstar widely distributed in sandy soil; the gleba is a pale tan

woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent

a fungus convex cap and a dingy yellow under surface and a dry stalk

an edible and choice fungus; has a convex cap that is slightly viscid when fresh and moist but soon dries and a thick bulbous tan stalk

a fungus with a red cap and a red coarsely reticulate stalk

a poisonous fungus with a dingy yellow cap and orange red undersurface and a cylindrical reticulate stalk

a fungus that is edible when young and fresh; has a dark brown convex cap with a yellow to greenish under surface and reddish stalk

a fungus that has an off-white cap when it is young but later becomes dingy brown and a stalk of the same color; the under surface of the cap (the tubes) a pale greenish yellow

a beautiful but poisonous bolete; has a brown cap with a scarlet pore surface and a thick reticulate stalk

an edible fungus with a broadly convex blackish brown cap and a pore surface that is yellow when young and darkens with age; stalk is thick and enlarges toward the base

a fungus with a rusty red cap and a white pore surface that becomes yellow with age and a pale yellow stalk

a fungus with a velvety stalk and usually a dingy brown cap; injured areas turn blue instantly

an edible (but not choice) fungus found on soil under hardwoods; has a dry convex cap with whitish under surface and a reticulate stalk

an edible and choice fungus that has a brown cap with greenish yellow under surface and a stalk that become dull red with age

an edible fungus with a pinkish purple cap and stalk and a pore surface that is yellow with large angular pores that become like gills in maturity

an edible fungus with a broadly convex brown cap and a whitish pore surface and stalk

an edible fungus with a dark reddish brown cap and a wide light tan stalk that expands toward the base

a fungus with a broadly convex brown cap and pores that extend part way down the stalk

a short squat edible fungus with a reddish brown cap and white stalk; fruits under pines in the spring

edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America

a fungus with a long coarsely shaggy reticulate stalk and a rimose areolate cap surface

popular in China and Japan and Taiwan; gelatinous mushrooms; most are dried

a yellow jelly fungus

a jelly fungus with a fruiting body 5-15 cm broad and gelatinous in consistency; resembles a bunch of leaf lettuce; mostly water and brownish in color

a jelly fungus with an erect whitish fruiting body and a highly variable shape (sometimes resembling coral fungi)

widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood

fungus causing flax rust

fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host

rust fungus that attacks wheat

rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc

a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes

a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores

a smut fungus attacking Indian corn

genus of smut fungus

smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut

fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores

similar to Tilletia caries

smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings

a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores

a parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth or the skin or the intestines or the vagina