amanita

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun amanita has 1 sense

amanita(n = noun.plant) genus amanita - genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions;

is a kind of fungus genus

is a member of agaricaceae, family agaricaceae

has particulars: slime mushroom

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CIDE DICTIONARY

amanita, n. [NL. See Amanitine.].

A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricaceæ, characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and Agaricus phalloides is the death cup (or death cap). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]