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| agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside | ||
| basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota | ||
| agaricales, order agaricales typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota | ||
| mushroom fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi | ||
| mushroom fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi | ||
| toadstool common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom) | ||
| agaricus arvensis, horse mushroom coarse edible mushroom with a hollow stem and a broad white cap | ||
| agaricus campestris, field mushroom, meadow mushroom common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce | ||
| 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, blushing mushroom, blusher yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched | ||
| amanita verna, destroying angel fungus similar to Amanita phalloides | ||
| cantharellus cibarius, chantarelle, chanterelle widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma | ||
| cantharellus floccosus, floccose chanterelle a mildly poisonous fungus with a fruiting body shaped like a hollow trumpet | ||
| cantharellus clavatus, pig's ears an edible agaric with a brown fruiting body that is often compound | ||
| cantharellus cinnabarinus, cinnabar chanterelle mushroom with a distinctive pink to vermillion fruiting body | ||
| jack-a-lantern, jack-o-lantern, jack-o-lantern fungus, omphalotus illudens a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent | ||
| coprinus atramentarius, inky-cap mushroom, inky cap having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured | ||
| coprinus comatus, shaggy cap, shaggymane, shaggymane mushroom common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black spores | ||
| lactarius delicioso, milkcap edible mushroom | ||
| fairy-ring mushroom, marasmius oreades mushroom that grows in a fairy ring | ||
| oyster agaric, oyster fungus, oyster mushroom, pleurotus ostreatus edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood | ||
| olive-tree agaric, pleurotus phosphoreus red luminescent mushroom of Europe | ||
| pholiota astragalina a fungus with a smooth orange cap and yellow gills and pale yellow stalk | ||
| golden pholiota, pholiota aurea a beautiful yellow gilled fungus found from Alaska south along the coast | ||
| pholiota destruens a large fungus with whitish scales on the cap and remnants of the veil hanging from the cap; the stalk is thick and hard | ||
| pholiota flammans a fungus with a yellow cap covered with fine scales as is the stalk | ||
| pholiota flavida a fungus that grows in clusters on the ground; cap is brownish orange with a surface that is smooth and slightly sticky; whitish gills and a cylindrical brown stalk | ||
| nameko, pholiota nameko, viscid mushroom one of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan | ||
| pholiota squarrosa-adiposa a gilled fungus having yellow slimy caps with conspicuous tawny scales on the caps and stalks | ||
| pholiota squarrosa, scaly pholiota a gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scales; gills develop a greenish tinge with age | ||
| pholiota squarrosoides a pale buff fungus with tawny scales | ||
| stropharia ambigua a gilled fungus with a long stalk and a yellow slimy cap from which fragments of the broken veil hang; gills are initially white but become dark brown as spores are released | ||
| stropharia hornemannii a gilled fungus with a large slimy purple or olive cap; gills become purple with age; the stalk is long and richly decorated with pieces of the white sheath that extends up to a ring | ||
| stropharia rugoso-annulata a large gilled fungus with a broad cap and a long stalk; the cap is dark brown; the white gills turn dark purplish brown with age; edible and choice | ||
| entoloma lividum, entoloma sinuatum a deadly poisonous agaric; a large cap that is first white (livid or lead-colored) and then turns yellowish or tan | ||
| entoloma aprile an agaric with a dark brown conical cap; fruits in early spring | ||
| chlorophyllum molybdites a poisonous agaric with a fibrillose cap and brown scales on a white ground color; cap can reach a diameter of 30 cm; often forms `fairy rings' | ||
| lepiota any fungus of the genus Lepiota | ||
| lepiota procera, parasol mushroom edible long-stalked mushroom with white flesh and gills and spores; found in open woodlands in autumn | ||
| blewits, clitocybe nuda edible agaric that is pale lilac when young; has a smooth moist cap | ||
| sandy mushroom, tricholoma populinum an edible agaric that fruits in great clusters (especially in sandy soil under cottonwood trees) | ||
| tricholoma pessundatum a mildly poisonous agaric with a viscid reddish brown cap and white gills and stalk | ||
| tricholoma sejunctum an agaric with a cap that is coated with dark fibrils in the center and has yellowish margins | ||
| man-on-a-horse, tricholoma flavovirens an edible agaric with yellow gills and a viscid yellow cap that has a brownish center | ||
| tricholoma venenata a poisonous white agaric | ||
| tricholoma pardinum a poisonous agaric having a pale cap with fine grey fibrils | ||
| tricholoma vaccinum an agaric with a cap that is densely covered with reddish fibrils and pale gills and stalk | ||
| tricholoma aurantium an orange tan agaric whose gills become brown by maturity; has a strong odor and taste | ||
| pluteus aurantiorugosus an agaric with a brilliant scarlet cap and a slender stalk | ||
| pluteus magnus, sawdust mushroom an edible agaric found in piles of hardwood sawdust; the caps are black and coarsely wrinkled | ||
| deer mushroom, pluteus cervinus a small edible agaric with a slender stalk; usually found on rotting hardwoods | ||
| chinese mushroom, straw mushroom, volvariella volvacea small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem; an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commercially | ||
| volvariella bombycina a mushroom with a dry yellowish to white fibrillose cap | ||
| clitocybe clavipes an agaric with a flat cap that is greyish or yellowish brown with pallid gills and a stalk that bulges toward the base | ||
| clitocybe dealbata a small poisonous agaric; has a dry white cap with crowded gills and a short stalk | ||
| clitocybe inornata a fungus with a cap that is creamy grey when young and turns brown with age and a whitish stalk that stains yellow when handled | ||
| clitocybe robusta, clytocybe alba a large white agaric; edible but not palatable | ||
| clitocybe irina, lepista irina, tricholoma irinum an edible agaric with large silky white caps and thick stalks | ||
| clitocybe subconnexa an edible white agaric that fruits in dense clusters; the gills are narrow and crowded and the stalk is fleshy and unpolished | ||
| flammulina velutipes, winter mushroom an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters | ||
| waxycap any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance | ||
| cortinarius armillatus a fungus with large tawny caps and pale cinnamon gills and a red band of veil around the stalk; usually found near birch trees | ||
| cortinarius atkinsonianus an edible fungus with a slimy viscid cap that is initially yellow but turns olive and then tawny; flesh is lavender | ||
| cortinarius corrugatus a fungus with a viscid wrinkled tawny cap; the stalk has a basal bulb that diminishes as the stalk elongates; the gills are dark violet at first but soon turn brown | ||
| cortinarius gentilis a poisonous fungus with a bright yellow brown cap and a long cinnamon colored stalk | ||
| cortinarius mutabilis, purple-staining cortinarius a fungus with a reddish purple cap having a smooth slimy surface; close violet gills; all parts stain dark purple when bruised | ||
| cortinarius semisanguineus a fungus with a dry brown cap and rusty red gills and a yellowish stalk | ||
| cortinarius subfoetidus a fungus with a sticky lavender cap and stalk that whitish above and covered with a silky lavender sheath | ||
| cortinarius violaceus a fungus that is violet overall with a squamulose cap | ||
| gymnopilus spectabilis a fungus with a brownish orange fruiting body and a ring near the top of the stalk; the taste is bitter and the flesh contains psilocybin and psilocin | ||
| gymnopilus validipes a poisonous fungus with a dry cap and a cortina that does not leave much of a ring on the robust stalk | ||
| gymnopilus ventricosus a giant fungus of the Pacific Northwest; has a very thick stalk and the cortina leaves a ring high up on the stalk | ||
| shoestring fungus any of several fungi of the genus Armillaria that form brown stringy rhizomorphs and cause destructive rot of the roots of some trees such as apples or maples | ||
| armillaria caligata, booted armillaria fungus with a brown cap and white gills and a membranous ring halfway up the stalk | ||
| armillaria ponderosa, white matsutake a large white mushroom that develops brown stains as it ages; gills are white; odor is spicy and aromatic; collected commercially for oriental cooking the Pacific Northwest | ||
| armillaria zelleri a large fungus with viscid cap that dries and turns brown with age; gills are off-white | ||
| agaric - fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses | ||
| Fomes igniarius | ||
| fungus an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- agaric (n.)
A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example. - agaric (n.)
An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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agaric
ag′ar-ik, n. a family of fungi, including the mushroom. [Gr. agarikon.]
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🔤- agaric, noun, singular of agarics.
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