#fungus_genus  includes lichen genera
  supertype:  genus__genu  (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
  member of:  kingdom_Fungi
  subtype:  genus_Erysiphe__Erysiphe  genus of powdery mildews
  subtype:  genus_Neurospora__Neurospora  genus of fungi with black perithecia used extensively in genetic research; includes some forms with orange spore masses that cause severe damage in bakeries
  subtype:  genus_Ceratostomella__Ceratostomella  genus of fungi forming continuous hyaline spores
  subtype:  genus_Claviceps__Claviceps  fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
  subtype:  genus_Xylaria__Xylaria  type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata
  subtype:  genus_Rosellinia__Rosellinia  fungi having smooth perithecia with dark one-celled ascospores
  subtype:  genus_Helotium__Helotium  type genus of the Helotiaceae
  subtype:  genus_Sclerotinia  large genus of ascomycetous fungi including various destructive plant pathogens
  subtype:  genus_Scleroderma__Scleroderma  genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles
  subtype:  genus_Tulostoma__Tulostoma__Tulestoma__genus_Tulestoma  type genus of the Tulostomaceae
  subtype:  genus_Rhizopogon__Rhizopogon  a genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers
  subtype:  genus_Truncocolumella__Truncocolumella  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Rhizopogonaceae
  subtype:  genus_Mucor  type genus of the Mucoraceae; genus of molds having cylindrical or pear-shaped sporangia not limited in location to points where rhizoids develop
  subtype:  genus_Rhizopus  genus of rot-causing fungi having columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored to the substrate by rhizoids
  subtype:  genus_Entomophthora__Entomophthora  type genus of the Entomophthoraceae; fungi parasitic on insects
  subtype:  genus_Dictostylium  genus of slime molds that grow on dung and decaying vegetation
  subtype:  genus_Blastocladia__Blastocladia  a genus of fungi of the family Blastodiaceae
  subtype:  genus_Synchytrium__Synchytrium  simple parasitic fungi including pond scum parasites
  subtype:  genus_Saprolegnia__Saprolegnia  aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains
  subtype:  genus_Peronospora__Peronospora  genus of destructive downy mildews
  subtype:  genus_Albugo__Albugo  type genus of the Albuginaceae; fungi causing white rusts
  subtype:  genus_Pythium  destructive root-parasitic fungi
  subtype:  genus_Phytophthora__Phytophthora  destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants
  subtype:  genus_Plasmodiophora__Plasmodiophora  type genus of Plasmodiophoraceae comprising minute plant parasitic fungi similar to and sometimes included among the slime molds
  subtype:  genus_Tuber__Tuber  type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles
  subtype:  genus_Hydnum__Hydnum  type genus of Hydnaceae
  subtype:  genus_Lecanora  type genus of Lecanoraceae; crustaceous lichens
  subtype:  genus_Roccella  chiefly fruticose maritime rock-inhabiting lichens
  subtype:  genus_Pertusaria__Pertusaria  crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus
  subtype:  genus_Usnea__Usnea  widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus
  subtype:  genus_Evernia__Evernia  lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus
  subtype:  genus_Ramalina__Ramalina  shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus
  subtype:  genus_Alectoria__Alectoria  lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus
  subtype:  genus_Cladonia__Cladonia  type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia
  subtype:  genus_Parmelia__Parmelia  type genus of the Parmeliaceae; a large genus of chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens
  subtype:  genus_Cetraria__Cetraria  foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes
  subtype:  genus_Agaricus__Agaricus  type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species
  subtype:  genus_Lentinus__Lentinus  a genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceae
  subtype:  genus_Amanita__Amanita  genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions
     subtype:  slime_mushroom__slimemushroom  a mushroom of the genus Amanita
        subtype:  white_slime_mushroom__whiteslimemushroom  a type of slime mushroom
        subtype:  Fischer's_slime_mushroom  a type of slime mushroom
  subtype:  genus_Cantharellus__Cantharellus  a well-known genus of fungus; has funnel-shaped fruiting body; includes the chanterelles
  subtype:  genus_Omphalotus__Omphalotus  a genus of mushrooms with a depressed disc in the cap
  subtype:  genus_Coprinus__Coprinus  genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae
  subtype:  genus_Lactarius__Lactarius  large genus of agarics that have white spore and contain a white or milky juice when cut or broken; includes both edible and poisonous species
  subtype:  genus_Marasmius__Marasmius  chiefly small mushrooms with white spores
  subtype:  genus_Pleurotus__Pleurotus  agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan
  subtype:  genus_Pholiota__Pholiota  genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood
  subtype:  genus_Russula__Russula  large genus of fungi with stout stems and white spores and neither annulus nor volva; brittle caps of red or purple or yellow or green or blue; differs from genus Lactarius in lacking milky juice
  subtype:  genus_Stropharia__Stropharia__ring-stalked_fungus  genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae
  subtype:  genus_Entoloma__Entoloma  agarics with pink spores but lacking both volva and annulus (includes some that are poisonous)
  subtype:  genus_Chlorophyllum  a genus of fungus belonging to the family Lepiotaceae
  subtype:  genus_Lepiota  agarics with white spores that includes several edible and poisonous mushrooms: parasol mushrooms
  subtype:  genus_Corticium__Corticium  genus of fungi having simple smooth-surfaced sporophores; some are parasitic on wood or economic crops; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia
  subtype:  genus_Pellicularia__Pellicularia  genus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust; some species formerly placed in the form genus Rhizoctinia
  subtype:  genus_Tricholoma__Tricholoma  agarics with white spores and a fleshy stalk and notched gills; of various colors both edible and inedible
  subtype:  genus_Volvaria__Volvaria  agarics having pink spores and a distinct volva
  subtype:  genus_Pluteus__Pluteus__roof_mushroom  a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer
  subtype:  genus_Volvariella__Volvariella  an important genus of mushrooms in the Orient
  subtype:  genus_Clitocybe__Clitocybe  a genus of agarics with white to pale yellow spore deposits and fleshy stalks centrally attached to the cap and closely attached gills
  subtype:  genus_Flammulina__Flammulina  a genus of agarics
  subtype:  genus_Saccharomyces__Saccharomyces  single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates
  subtype:  genus_Schizosaccharomyces__Schizosaccharomyces  type and only genus of Schizosaccharomycetaceae; comprises the fission yeasts
  subtype:  genus_Eurotium__Eurotium  a genus of fungi belonging to the order Eurotiales
  subtype:  genus_Aspergillus__Aspergillus  genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals
  subtype:  genus_Thielavia__Thielavia  genus of fungi having spherical brown perithecia and some conidia borne in chains; cause root rot
  subtype:  genus_Peziza__Peziza  type genus of the Pezizaceae: a variety of cup fungus
  subtype:  genus_Plectania__Plectania  genus of fungi in the family Pezizaceae closely related to and often included in genus Peziza
  subtype:  genus_Morchella__Morchella  genus of edible fungi: morel
  subtype:  genus_Wynnea__Wynnea  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Sarcoscyphaceae
  subtype:  genus_Helvella  type genus of the Helvellaceae
  subtype:  genus_Discina  a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body and ornamented spores
  subtype:  genus_Gyromitra  a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a fertile portion that is tan to brown
  subtype:  order_Phallales__Phallales  order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes
  subtype:  genus_Phallus__Phallus  genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem
  subtype:  genus_Dictyophera__Dictyophera  closely related to genus Phallus distinguished by an indusium hanging like a skirt from below the pileus
  subtype:  genus_Mutinus__Mutinus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Phallaceae
  subtype:  genus_Clathrus__Clathrus  type genus of the Clathraceae
  subtype:  genus_Pseudocolus__Pseudocolus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Clathraceae
  subtype:  genus_Lycoperdon__Lycoperdon  genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium
  subtype:  genus_Calvatia__Calvatia  genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores
  subtype:  genus_Geastrum__Geastrum  type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments
  subtype:  genus_Radiigera__Radiigera  a genus of fungus belonging to the family Geastraceae
  subtype:  genus_Astreus__Astreus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Geastraceae
  subtype:  genus_Nidularia__Nidularia  type genus of the Nidulariaceae
  subtype:  genus_Gastrocybe__Gastrocybe  a genus of fungi of the family Secotiaceae
  subtype:  genus_Macowanites__Macowanites  a stout-stemmed genus of fungus belonging to the family Secotiaceae having fruiting bodies that never expand completely
  subtype:  genus_Gastroboletus__Gastroboletus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Secotiaceae; they resemble boletes but the spores are not discharged from the basidium
  subtype:  genus_Albatrellus__Albatrellus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae
  subtype:  genus_Neolentinus__Neolentinus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae
  subtype:  genus_Nigroporus__Nigroporus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae
  subtype:  genus_Oligoporus__Oligoporus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae
  subtype:  genus_Polyporus__Polyporus  type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers
  subtype:  genus_Fistulina__Fistulina  fungi having each pore separate though crowded
  subtype:  genus_Fomes__Fomes  genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees
  subtype:  genus_Boletus__Boletus  type genus of Boletaceae; genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi; some poisonous and some edible
  subtype:  genus_Fuscoboletinus__Fuscoboletinus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae
  subtype:  genus_Leccinum__Leccinum  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae
  subtype:  genus_Phylloporus__Phylloporus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae
  subtype:  genus_Suillus__Suillus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae
  subtype:  genus_Strobilomyces__Strobilomyces  fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap
  subtype:  genus_Boletellus__Boletellus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae
  subtype:  genus_Tremella__Tremella  fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain
  subtype:  genus_Auricularia__Auricularia  type genus of the Auriculariaceae
  subtype:  genus_Dacrymyces__Dacrymyces  type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae: fungi with a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa
  subtype:  genus_Melampsora__Melampsora  rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer
  subtype:  genus_Cronartium__Cronartium  rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns
  subtype:  genus_Puccinia__Puccinia  type genus of the Pucciniaceae; a large genus of parasitic fungi including many that are destructive to various economic plants
  subtype:  genus_Gymnosporangium__Gymnosporangium__gymnosporangium  genus of fungi that produce galls on cedars and other conifers of genera Juniperus and Libocedrus and causes rust spots on apples and pears and other plants of family Rosaceae
  subtype:  genus_Ustilago__Ustilago  type genus of the Ustilaginaceae; genus comprising the loose smuts
  subtype:  genus_Tilletia__Tilletia  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae
  subtype:  genus_Urocystis__Urocystis  a genus of smut fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae
  subtype:  genus_Septobasidium__Septobasidium  type genus of Septobasidiaceae: smooth shelf fungi usually having a well-developed sometimes thick-walled hypobasidium
  subtype:  genus_Hygrocybe__Hygrocybe  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae
  subtype:  genus_Hygrophorus__Hygrophorus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae
  subtype:  genus_Hygrotrama__Hygrotrama  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae
  subtype:  genus_Neohygrophorus__Neohygrophorus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae
  subtype:  genus_Cortinarius__Cortinarius  the largest genus in th Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils)
  subtype:  genus_Gymnopilus__Gymnopilus  a genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit
  subtype:  genus_Verticillium  genus of imperfect fungi having conidia borne singly at the apex of whorled branchlets; cause wilt diseases
  subtype:  genus_Trichophyton__Trichophyton  a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm
  subtype:  genus_Microsporum__Microsporum  a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm
  subtype:  genus_Monilia  genus of parasitic yeastlike imperfect fungi having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains; some species usually placed in other genera especially genus Candida
  subtype:  genus_Candida  a genus of yeastlike imperfect fungi; sometimes included in genus Monilia of the family Moniliaceae
  subtype:  genus_Cercosporella__Cercosporella  form genus of imperfect fungi lacking pigment in the spores and conidiophores
  subtype:  genus_Penicillium__Penicillium  genus of fungi commonly growing as green or blue molds on decaying food; used in making cheese and as a source of penicillin
  subtype:  genus_Blastomyces__Blastomyces  genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi
  subtype:  genus_Cercospora__Cercospora  form genus of imperfect fungi that are leaf parasites with long slender spores
  subtype:  genus_Ustilaginoidea__Ustilaginoidea  genus of imperfect fungi causing plant diseases like smut
  subtype:  genus_Tubercularia__Tubercularia  type genus of the Tuberculariaceae; fungi with nodules of red or pink conidia; some cause diebacks of woody plants
  subtype:  genus_Fusarium  a form genus of mostly plant parasites some of which cause dry rot; in humans a species can cause inflammation of cornea leading to blindness
  subtype:  genus_Rhizoctinia  form genus of imperfect fungi some species of which are now placed in genera Pellicularia and Corticium because their perfect stages have been found
  subtype:  genus_Ozonium__Ozonium  form genus of imperfect fungi
  subtype:  genus_Sclerotium__Sclerotium  form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants
  subtype:  genus_Geoglossum__Geoglossum  type genus of the Geoglossaceae comprising the earthtongues
  subtype:  genus_Armillaria__Armillaria  genus of edible mushrooms having white spores an annulus and blue juice; some are edible; some cause root rot
  subtype:  genus_Armillariella__Armillariella  a honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria; grows in clusters; edible (when cooked) but most attention has been on how to get rid of it

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