Amanita

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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