English > Amanita: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions. |
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| Synonym | genus Amanita |
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| Member of | Agaricaceae, family Agaricaceae | large family including many familiar / familiar mushrooms |
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| Members | blushing mushroom, blusher, Amanita rubescens | yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched |
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| death cap, death cup, death angel, destroying angel, Amanita phalloides | Extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base |
| destroying angel, Amanita verna | fungus similar to Amanita phalloides |
| false deathcap, Amanita mappa | agaric often confused with the death cup |
| fly agaric, Amanita muscaria | poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills |
| royal agaric, Caesar's agaric, Amanita caesarea | widely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaric |
| Narrower | slime mushroom | A mushroom of the genus Amanita |
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| Broader | fungus genus | Includes lichen genera |
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| Spanish | amanita, genus amanita |
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| Catalan | amanita, Amanita, genus amanita |
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