amanita

[ am-uh-nahy-tuh, -nee- ]

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noun

any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.

amanita

/ ˌæməˈnaɪtə /

any of various saprotrophic agaricaceous fungi constituting the genus Amanita, having white gills and a broken membranous ring (volva) around the stalk. The genus includes several highly poisonous species, such as death cap, destroying angel, and fly agaric

Origin of amanita¹

1821; < New Latin < Greek amānîtai (plural) kind of fungi

Origin of amanita¹

C19: from Greek amanitai (plural) a variety of fungus

An amanita muscaria key chain is rolling around under the driver’s seat.

Many spots in the copse are brilliant with large groups of the scarlet-capped Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria).

He chose the lemon-yellow amanita, which has as bad a reputation as the mottled variety, and ate it at supper.

In short, whether it be to us a delicious dish or a deadly poison, no amanita is accepted by the grubs.

I have sometimes employed the mottled amanita, so ill famed in the books, without disastrous result.

Ford claims to have obtained proof that a glucoside contained in the poisonous mushroom Amanita phalloides can act as an antigen.

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