death cup

death cup

n. See death cap.

death′ cup`

n. 1. a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita. 2. the cuplike volva at the base of this mushroom. [1900–05]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

death cup - extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gillsAmanita phalloides, death angel, death cap, destroying angelagaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the undersideAmanita, genus Amanita - genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions