Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various mushrooms in the genus Amanita, many of which are extremely poisonous. Amanitas have white spores and usually a ring around the stalk and a rounded bulb at the base.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mycology, a genus of fungi of the family Agaricaceæ, restricted by recent authors to white-spored species having the stem provided with both an annulus, or ring, and a volva. Over 50 species have been described, a number of which are common and widely distributed throughout temperate regions.
- noun [lowercase] A plant of this genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) 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; andAgaricus phalloides is the death cup (or death cap).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of very many
agaric mushrooms , of the genusAmanita , most of which are verypoisonous
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Just two months ago, the Chronicle reported on three members of a Bay Area family — a grandmother and two preteen boys — that had been hospitalized after harvesting and eating amanita phalloida (aka “death cap”) mushrooms, a sister species to the kind that killed the Santa Barbara octogenarian.
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The man had picked poisonous amanita ocreata mushrooms, which are common in the Santa Barbara area, at the Douglas Family Preserve above Arroyo Burro Beach.
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The man had picked poisonous amanita ocreata mushrooms, which are common in the Santa Barbara area, at the Douglas Family Preserve above Arroyo Burro Beach.
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Just two months ago, the Chronicle reported on three members of a Bay Area family — a grandmother and two preteen boys — that had been hospitalized after harvesting and eating amanita phalloida (aka “death cap”) mushrooms, a sister species to the kind that killed the Santa Barbara octogenarian.
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The Jew said, Maybe the word is ‘amanita,’ a poisonous mushroom.
The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008
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I wanted to believe it was a love potion but … could that dried bit have been amanita?
The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008
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I wanted to believe it was a love potion but … could that dried bit have been amanita?
The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008
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I wanted to believe it was a love potion but … could that dried bit have been amanita?
The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008
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The Jew said, Maybe the word is ‘amanita,’ a poisonous mushroom.
The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008
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Milk thistle has been used as an effective treatment for amanita mushroom poisoning, which kills its victim by destroying the liver.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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