amanita

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amanita - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Amanita \Am`a*ni"ta\, n. [NL. See Amanitine.] (Bot.)
     A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricace[ae],
     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.]

amanita - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Amanita
      n 1: genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores
           and are poisonous with few exceptions [syn: Amanita,
           genus Amanita]