de·stroy·ing angel (d -stroi ng)n. Any of several poisonous mushrooms of the genus Amanita. |
destroying angel
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
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| Noun | 1. |  destroying angel - fungus similar to Amanita phalloidesagaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside Amanita, genus Amanita - genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions |
| 2. |  destroying angel - extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gillsagaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside Amanita, genus Amanita - genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions |
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