agaricus

American  

[uh-gar-i-kuhs] / əˈgær ɪ kəs /

noun

plural

agaricuses

1. any mushroom of the genus Agaricus, comprising the meadow mushrooms and a commercially grown species, A. brunnescens.

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Etymology

Origin of agaricus

< New Latin. See agaric

Example Sentences

But it is not the common mushroom; it's a large fungus, called the agaricus procerus.

From Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories by Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander)

Changed "agaricus" to "Agaricus" on page 16 of part 2: "Agaricus arvensis."

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas