Naucoria
Encyclopedia
Naucoria is a genus
of fungi in the Hymenogastraceae
family of the Agaricales
order. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 30 species that usually form mycorrhizal relationships with species of Alder
. The genus name is synonymous
with Alnicola.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fungi in the Hymenogastraceae
Hymenogastraceae
The Hymenogastraceae is a family of fungi in the Agaricales.The blue-staining members of the genus Psilocybe form a clade that is sister to Galerina in the Hymenogastraceae; however, they have not yet been formally transferred....
family of the Agaricales
Agaricales
The fungal order Agaricales, also known as gilled mushrooms , or euagarics, contains some of the most familiar types of mushrooms. The order has 33 extant families, 413 genera, and over 13000 described species, along with five extinct genera known only from the fossil record...
order. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 30 species that usually form mycorrhizal relationships with species of Alder
Alder
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas along the Andes southwards to...
. The genus name is synonymous
Synonym (taxonomy)
In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that is or was used for a taxon of organisms that also goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name to the Norway spruce, which he called Pinus abies...
with Alnicola.