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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills;
[syn: fly agaric, Amanita muscaria]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fly amanita \Fly amanita\, Fly fungus \Fly fungus\ . (Bot.) A poisonous mushroom (Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius), having usually a bright red or yellowish cap covered with irregular white spots. It has a distinct volva at the base, generally an upper ring on the stalk, and white spores. Called also fly agaric, deadly amanita. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The 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.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Amanita muscaria n 1: poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills [syn: fly agaric, Amanita muscaria]