toadstool

[tohd-stool]

noun

1. any of various mushrooms having a stalk with an umbrellalike cap, especially the agarics.

2. a poisonous mushroom, as distinguished from an edible one.

3. any of various other fleshy fungi, as the puffballs and coral fungi.

toadstool

/ ˈtəʊdˌstuːl /

noun

1. (not in technical use) any basidiomycetous fungus with a capped spore-producing body that is not edible Compare mushroom

Word History and Origins

Origin of toadstool¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, toadstool is from the Middle English word tadstol. See toad, stool

Word History and Origins

Origin of toadstool¹

C14: from _toad + _stool

Example Sentences

Is it a “fruiting body,” better known as the toadstool, that emerges from the ground in a panoply of shapes and textures?

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Around a week later, she found a mould infestation in the property's bathroom, including toadstools growing from the floor.

Read more on BBC

It doesn’t take long for the bigger cabbages to look like bolted toadstools on steroids.

Read more on Seattle Times

Mycelium, like yeast, molds and toadstools, are neither animals nor plants.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Denise Jones said there was persistent black mould in her bathroom and found toadstools growing in her kitchen.

Read more on BBC