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amanita in British English
(ˌæməˈnaɪtə)
noun
any of various saprotrophic agaricaceous fungi constituting the genus Amanita, having white gills and a broken membranous ring (volva) around the stalk. The genus includes several highly poisonous species, such as death cap, destroying angel, and fly agaric
Word origin
C19: from Greek amanitai (plural) a variety of fungusamanita in American English
(ˌæməˈnitə)
noun
any of a genus (Amanita) of mushrooms (order Agaricales), with white spores and, usually, white gills, some of which, as the death cap and the fly agaric, arevery poisonous
Word origin
ModL < Gr amanitai, pl., a kind of fungusImage ofamanita
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