fungus -
an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
being,
organism the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
fungi,
fungus kingdom,
kingdom fungi the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants
claviceps purpurea,
ergot 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
saprolegnia ferax,
white fungus 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)
white rust fungus causing a disease characterized by a white powdery mass of conidia
lentinus lepideus,
scaly lentinus a fungus with a scaly cap and white flesh and a ring on the stalk (with scales below the ring); odor reminiscent of licorice
wynnea americana 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
wynnea sparassoides a fungus with a long solid stalk embedded in soil and a yellow-brown head shaped like a cauliflower
carrion fungus,
stinkhorn any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales; "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet"
true puffball,
puffball any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
earthstar any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star
radiigera fuscogleba 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
bird's-nest fungus any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores
gastrocybe lateritia 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
macowanites americanus 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
gastroboletus scabrosus a dingy yellow brown fungus with a rough stalk that superficially resembles a bolete
gastroboletus turbinatus a fungus with a cap that can vary from red to dark brown; superficially resembles a bolete
