genus Amanita

Thesaurus

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genus Amanita - genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions Amanita fungus genus - includes lichen genera Agaricaceae, family Agaricaceae - large family including many familiar mushrooms 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 slime mushroom - a mushroom of the genus Amanita