deadly agaric

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• deadly agaric — noun : a very poisonous mushroom (as the fly agaric or death cup) * * * deadly agaric, any of various poisonous mushrooms, as the fly agaric and the death cup …   Useful english dictionary

• agaric — The dried fruit body of Polyporus officinalis (family Polyporaceae), occurring in the form of brownish or whitish light masses, which contains a. acid. SYN: amadou. [G. agarikon, a kind of fungus] deadly a. SYN: Amanita phalloides. fly a. SYN:… …   Medical dictionary

• deadly amanita — Fly amanita Fly amanita, Fly fungus Fly fungus . (Bot.) A poisonous mushroom ({Amanita muscaria}, syn. {Agaricus muscarius}), having usually a bright red or yellowish cap covered with irregular white spots. It has a distinct volva at the base,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fly agaric — Fly amanita Fly amanita, Fly fungus Fly fungus . (Bot.) A poisonous mushroom ({Amanita muscaria}, syn. {Agaricus muscarius}), having usually a bright red or yellowish cap covered with irregular white spots. It has a distinct volva at the base,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Amanita — A genus of fungi, many members of which are highly poisonous. [G. amanitai, fungi] A. muscaria a toxic species of mushroom with yellow to red pileus and white gills; it contains muscarine, a cholinomimetic, which produces psychosislike sta …   Medical dictionary

• amatoxin — One of a group of bicyclic octapeptides from death cap fungus and deadly agaric (Amanita phalloides). * * * am·a·tox·in (amґə tok″sin) any in a class of cyclic hepatotoxins found in Amanita phalloides and other mushrooms of the genera… …   Medical dictionary

• Mushroom poisoning — See also: List of deadly fungi Mushroom poisoning Classification and external resources Amanita phalloides accounts for the majority of fatal mushroom poisonings worldwide …   Wikipedia

• Amanita muscaria — A. muscaria showing various growth stages Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

• Mushroom hunting — Mushroom picking Franciszek Kostrzewski Mushroom hunting, mushrooming, mushroom picking, and similar terms describe the activity of gathering mushrooms in the wild, typically for eating. This is popular in most of Europe, including the Nordic,… …   Wikipedia

• amanita — /am euh nuy teuh, nee /, n. any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species. [1821; < NL < Gk amanîtai (pl.) kind of fungi] * * * Any mushroom of the genus Amanita, containing about 100 species, some of which… …   Universalium

• Amanita phalloides — Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division …   Wikipedia