genus amanita
Noun
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Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions (synset 113023193)
is a type of: fungus genus - includes lichen generasubtypes: slime mushroom - a mushroom of the genus Amanitamember holonym:
- 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
belongs to: agaricaceae, family agaricaceae - large family including many familiar mushroomssame as: amanita
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