| Noun | 1. | genus Neohygrophorus - a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae fungus genus - includes lichen genera family Hygrophoraceae, Hygrophoraceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance Neohygrophorus angelesianus - a fungus with a small brown convex cap with a depressed disc; waxy wine-colored gills and a brown stalk; fruits in or near melting snow banks in the western mountains of North America |