genus Amanita

Thesaurus

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genus Amanita - genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptionsAmanitafungus genus - includes lichen generaAgaricaceae, family Agaricaceae - large family including many familiar mushroomsAmanita caesarea, Caesar's agaric, royal agaric - widely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaricAmanita mappa, false deathcap - agaric often confused with the death cupAmanita muscaria, fly agaric - poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gillsAmanita 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 gillsAmanita rubescens, blusher, blushing mushroom - yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touchedAmanita verna, destroying angel - fungus similar to Amanita phalloidesslime mushroom - a mushroom of the genus Amanita