agaric

1. Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses (synset 113074833)
   is a type of: fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
   belongs to: fomes, genus fomes - genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees
   same as: fomes igniarius
2. A saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside (synset 113019575)
   is a type of: basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi - any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota
   subtypes:

   • mushroom - mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
   • mushroom - common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
   • toadstool - common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)
   • agaricus arvensis, horse mushroom - coarse edible mushroom with a hollow stem and a broad white cap
   • agaricus campestris, field mushroom, meadow mushroom - common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce
   • amanita caesarea, caesar's agaric, royal agaric - widely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaric
   • amanita mappa, false deathcap - agaric often confused with the death cup
   • amanita muscaria, fly agaric - poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills
   • amanita phalloides, death angel, death cap, death cup, destroying angel - extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills
   • amanita rubescens, blusher, blushing mushroom - yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched
   • amanita verna, destroying angel - fungus similar to Amanita phalloides
   • cantharellus cibarius, chantarelle, chanterelle - widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma
   • cantharellus floccosus, floccose chanterelle - a mildly poisonous fungus with a fruiting body shaped like a hollow trumpet
   • cantharellus clavatus, pig's ears - an edible agaric with a brown fruiting body that is often compound
   • cantharellus cinnabarinus, cinnabar chanterelle - mushroom with a distinctive pink to vermillion fruiting body
   • jack-a-lantern, jack-o-lantern, jack-o-lantern fungus, omphalotus illudens - a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent
   • coprinus atramentarius, inky cap, inky-cap mushroom - having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured
   • coprinus comatus, shaggy cap, shaggymane, shaggymane mushroom - common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black spores
   • lactarius delicioso, milkcap - edible mushroom
   • fairy-ring mushroom, marasmius oreades - mushroom that grows in a fairy ring
   • oyster agaric, oyster fungus, oyster mushroom, pleurotus ostreatus - edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood
   • olive-tree agaric, pleurotus phosphoreus - red luminescent mushroom of Europe
   • pholiota astragalina - a fungus with a smooth orange cap and yellow gills and pale yellow stalk
   • golden pholiota, pholiota aurea - a beautiful yellow gilled fungus found from Alaska south along the coast
   • pholiota destruens - a large fungus with whitish scales on the cap and remnants of the veil hanging from the cap; the stalk is thick and hard
   • pholiota flammans - a fungus with a yellow cap covered with fine scales as is the stalk
   • pholiota flavida - a fungus that grows in clusters on the ground; cap is brownish orange with a surface that is smooth and slightly sticky; whitish gills and a cylindrical brown stalk
   • nameko, pholiota nameko, viscid mushroom - one of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan
   • pholiota squarrosa-adiposa - a gilled fungus having yellow slimy caps with conspicuous tawny scales on the caps and stalks
   • pholiota squarrosa, scaly pholiota - a gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scales; gills develop a greenish tinge with age
   • pholiota squarrosoides - a pale buff fungus with tawny scales
   • stropharia ambigua - a gilled fungus with a long stalk and a yellow slimy cap from which fragments of the broken veil hang; gills are initially white but become dark brown as spores are released
   • stropharia hornemannii - a gilled fungus with a large slimy purple or olive cap; gills become purple with age; the stalk is long and richly decorated with pieces of the white sheath that extends up to a ring
   • stropharia rugoso-annulata - a large gilled fungus with a broad cap and a long stalk; the cap is dark brown; the white gills turn dark purplish brown with age; edible and choice
   • entoloma lividum, entoloma sinuatum - a deadly poisonous agaric; a large cap that is first white (livid or lead-colored) and then turns yellowish or tan
   • entoloma aprile - an agaric with a dark brown conical cap; fruits in early spring
   • chlorophyllum molybdites - a poisonous agaric with a fibrillose cap and brown scales on a white ground color; cap can reach a diameter of 30 cm; often forms `fairy rings'
   • lepiota - any fungus of the genus Lepiota
   • lepiota procera, parasol mushroom - edible long-stalked mushroom with white flesh and gills and spores; found in open woodlands in autumn
   • blewits, clitocybe nuda - edible agaric that is pale lilac when young; has a smooth moist cap
   • sandy mushroom, tricholoma populinum - an edible agaric that fruits in great clusters (especially in sandy soil under cottonwood trees)
   • tricholoma pessundatum - a mildly poisonous agaric with a viscid reddish brown cap and white gills and stalk
   • tricholoma sejunctum - an agaric with a cap that is coated with dark fibrils in the center and has yellowish margins
   • man-on-a-horse, tricholoma flavovirens - an edible agaric with yellow gills and a viscid yellow cap that has a brownish center
   • tricholoma venenata - a poisonous white agaric
   • tricholoma pardinum - a poisonous agaric having a pale cap with fine grey fibrils
   • tricholoma vaccinum - an agaric with a cap that is densely covered with reddish fibrils and pale gills and stalk
   • tricholoma aurantium - an orange tan agaric whose gills become brown by maturity; has a strong odor and taste
   • pluteus aurantiorugosus - an agaric with a brilliant scarlet cap and a slender stalk
   • pluteus magnus, sawdust mushroom - an edible agaric found in piles of hardwood sawdust; the caps are black and coarsely wrinkled
   • deer mushroom, pluteus cervinus - a small edible agaric with a slender stalk; usually found on rotting hardwoods
   • chinese mushroom, straw mushroom, volvariella volvacea - small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem; an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commercially
   • volvariella bombycina - a mushroom with a dry yellowish to white fibrillose cap
   • clitocybe clavipes - an agaric with a flat cap that is greyish or yellowish brown with pallid gills and a stalk that bulges toward the base
   • clitocybe dealbata - a small poisonous agaric; has a dry white cap with crowded gills and a short stalk
   • clitocybe inornata - a fungus with a cap that is creamy grey when young and turns brown with age and a whitish stalk that stains yellow when handled
   • clitocybe robusta, clytocybe alba - a large white agaric; edible but not palatable
   • clitocybe irina, lepista irina, tricholoma irinum - an edible agaric with large silky white caps and thick stalks
   • clitocybe subconnexa - an edible white agaric that fruits in dense clusters; the gills are narrow and crowded and the stalk is fleshy and unpolished
   • flammulina velutipes, winter mushroom - an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters
   • waxycap - any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance
   • cortinarius armillatus - a fungus with large tawny caps and pale cinnamon gills and a red band of veil around the stalk; usually found near birch trees
   • cortinarius atkinsonianus - an edible fungus with a slimy viscid cap that is initially yellow but turns olive and then tawny; flesh is lavender
   • cortinarius corrugatus - a fungus with a viscid wrinkled tawny cap; the stalk has a basal bulb that diminishes as the stalk elongates; the gills are dark violet at first but soon turn brown
   • cortinarius gentilis - a poisonous fungus with a bright yellow brown cap and a long cinnamon colored stalk
   • cortinarius mutabilis, purple-staining cortinarius - a fungus with a reddish purple cap having a smooth slimy surface; close violet gills; all parts stain dark purple when bruised
   • cortinarius semisanguineus - a fungus with a dry brown cap and rusty red gills and a yellowish stalk
   • cortinarius subfoetidus - a fungus with a sticky lavender cap and stalk that whitish above and covered with a silky lavender sheath
   • cortinarius violaceus - a fungus that is violet overall with a squamulose cap
   • gymnopilus spectabilis - a fungus with a brownish orange fruiting body and a ring near the top of the stalk; the taste is bitter and the flesh contains psilocybin and psilocin
   • gymnopilus validipes - a poisonous fungus with a dry cap and a cortina that does not leave much of a ring on the robust stalk
   • gymnopilus ventricosus - a giant fungus of the Pacific Northwest; has a very thick stalk and the cortina leaves a ring high up on the stalk
   • shoestring fungus - any of several fungi of the genus Armillaria that form brown stringy rhizomorphs and cause destructive rot of the roots of some trees such as apples or maples
   • armillaria caligata, booted armillaria - fungus with a brown cap and white gills and a membranous ring halfway up the stalk
   • armillaria ponderosa, white matsutake - a large white mushroom that develops brown stains as it ages; gills are white; odor is spicy and aromatic; collected commercially for oriental cooking the Pacific Northwest
   • armillaria zelleri - a large fungus with viscid cap that dries and turns brown with age; gills are off-white
   • armillariella mellea, honey fungus, honey mushroom - a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw
   belongs to: agaricales, order agaricales - typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota

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