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• Dutch elm fungus, Ceratostomella ulmi go
  fungus causing Dutch elm disease
  
• ergot, Claviceps purpurea go
  a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant
  
• black root rot fungus, Xylaria mali go
  fungus causing black root rot in apples
  
• dead-man's-fingers, dead-men's-fingers, Xylaria polymorpha go
  the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria
  
• sclerotinia go
  any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia
  
• earthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffball go
  any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
  
• stalked puffball go
  mushroom of the genus Tulostoma that resembles a puffball
  
• false truffle go
  any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle
  
• slime mold, slime mould go
  a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals
  
• pond-scum parasite go
  an aquatic fungus of genus Synchytriaceae that is parasitic on pond scum
  
• potato wart fungus, Synchytrium endobioticum go
  fungus causing potato wart disease in potato tubers
  
• white fungus, Saprolegnia ferax go
  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 go
  fungus causing a disease characterized by a white powdery mass of conidia
  
• pythium go
  any fungus of the genus Pythium
  
• Phytophthora citrophthora go
  causes brown rot gummosis in citrus fruits
  
• Phytophthora infestans go
  fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes
  
• clubroot fungus, Plasmodiophora brassicae go
  a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants
  
• truffle, earthnut, earth-ball go
  any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber
  
• coral fungus go
  any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral
  
• tooth fungus go
  a fungus of the family Hydnaceae
  
• lichen go
  any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes
  
• true fungus go
  any of numerous fungi of the division Eumycota
  
• basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi go
  any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota
  
• shiitake, shiitake mushroom, Chinese black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, Oriental black mushroom, Lentinus edodes go
  edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe
  
• scaly lentinus, Lentinus lepideus go
  a fungus with a scaly cap and white flesh and a ring on the stalk (with scales below the ring)
  
• pink disease fungus, Corticium salmonicolor go
  fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc
  
• bottom rot fungus, Corticium solani go
  fungus causing bottom rot in lettuce
  
• potato fungus, Pellicularia filamentosa, Rhizoctinia solani go
  fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers
  
• coffee fungus, Pellicularia koleroga go
  fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants
  
• Volvaria bombycina go
  a parasite on various trees
  
• sac fungus go
  any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus
  
• ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus go
  any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
  
• yeast go
  any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
  
• Aspergillus fumigatus go
  a mold causing aspergillosis in birds and man
  
• brown root rot fungus, Thielavia basicola go
  fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families
  
• Wynnea americana go
  a fungus composed of several apothecia that look like elongated rabbit ears
  
• Wynnea sparassoides go
  a fungus with a long solid stalk embedded in soil and a yellow-brown head shaped like a cauliflower
  
• false morel go
  a fungus of the family Helvellaceae
  
• lorchel go
  a large fungus of the family Helvellaceae
  
• gyromitra go
  any fungus of the genus Gyromitra
  
• gasteromycete, gastromycete go
  any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes
  
• stinkhorn, carrion fungus go
  any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales
  
• puffball, true puffball go
  any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
  
• earthstar go
  any fungus of the family Geastraceae
  
• Radiigera fuscogleba go
  a fungus similar to an earthstar except that it does not open up
  
• bird's-nest fungus go
  any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores
  
• Gastrocybe lateritia go
  a species of Gastrocybe fungus that has a conic cap and a thin stalk
  
• Macowanites americanus go
  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 go
  a dingy yellow brown fungus with a rough stalk that superficially resembles a bolete
  
• Gastroboletus turbinatus go
  a fungus with a cap that can vary from red to dark brown
  
• hen-of-the-woods, hen of the woods, Polyporus frondosus, Grifola frondosa go
  large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
  
• agaric, Fomes igniarius go
  fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses
  
• bolete go
  any fungus of the family Boletaceae
  
• jelly fungus go
  any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh
  
• rust, rust fungus go
  any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants
  
• smut, smut fungus go
  any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
  
• felt fungus, Septobasidium pseudopedicellatum go
  fungus that frequently encircles twigs and branches of various trees especially citrus trees in southern United States
  
• mold, mould go
  a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
  
• mildew go
  a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter
  
• verticillium go
  a fungus of the genus Verticillium
  
• monilia go
  any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia
  
• candida go
  any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida
  
• blastomycete go
  any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces
  
• yellow spot fungus, Cercospora kopkei go
  fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia)
  
• green smut fungus, Ustilaginoidea virens go
  fungus causing green smut in rice
  
• dry rot go
  a fungus causing dry rot
  
• rhizoctinia go
  any fungus now or formerly belonging to the form genus Rhizoctinia
  
• earthtongue, earth-tongue go
  any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum