Home › Words › A › aldercapaldercapaldercap means any of various fungi of the cosmopolitan genus Naucoria, family Hymenogastraceae.EtymologyFrom alder + cap.nounAny of various fungi of the cosmopolitan genus Naucoria, family Hymenogastraceae.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.inkcap 64% match — A fungus of one of the genera Coprinus, Coprinellus or Coprinopsis. vs aldercap →domecap 62% match — Any of various mushrooms of the family Lyophyllaceae. vs aldercap →agaric 62% match — Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath. vs aldercap →conecap 61% match — A mushroom of the genus Conocybe or the related genus Pholiotina (which was formerly included in Conocybe). vs aldercap →naucorioid 60% match — Describes any small to medium-size mushroom with a fleshy stem, attached gills, and not having an annulus or volva, and having features typical of the mushroom genus Naucoria, but not restricted to that genus. vs aldercap →aecidium 58% match — The cupulate fruiting body borne upon the mycelium of certain fungi commonly parasitic upon specimens of the Compositae, Lamiaceae, Leguminosae, and Ranunculaceae families vs aldercap →armillaria 58% match — Any of the genus Armillaria of parasitic fungi; a honey fungus. vs aldercap →alder 58% match — Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family. vs aldercap →