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amanita
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amanita, n. [NL. See Amanitine.].
A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricaceæ , characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria , syn. Agaricus muscarius , is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and Agaricus phalloides is the death cup (or death cap). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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