Fungi/Mushroom Based Names

Morel- a mushroom found in spring

Kinoko - means mushroom in Japanese

Spore - the floaty bits of mushrooms

Agaricus - a genus of mushroom

Amanita - genus of mushroom containing containing approximately 600 species, including the “destroying angel/death cap”

Ponderosa- species of mushroom

Aereus- species of mushroom

Odora- species of mushroom

Helvella- a genus of mushroom containing only the black saddle mushroom

Crater - short for craterellus, a genus of mushrooms

Erinaceus/ Erin - species of mushroom

Insigne - species of mushroom

Leccinum - genus of mushrooms

Lepoita - genus of mushrooms

Oreades- fairyring mushrooms

Conica- species of morel mushroom

Ostreatus - oyster mushroom

Cervinus - faun mushroom

Vesca - species of mushroom

Xerampelina - species of mushroom

Texensis - species of mushroom

Mycelium - root like structure connecting fungus in an area

Hyphae - bodies of fungi are formed through networks of small filaments called hyphae