Amanita

Other forms: Amanitas

Definitions of Amanita
  1. noun
    genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions
    synonyms: genus Amanita
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    types:
    slime mushroom
    a mushroom of the genus Amanita
    white slime mushroom
    a type of slime mushroom
    Fischer's slime mushroom
    a type of slime mushroom
    type of:
    fungus genus
    includes lichen genera
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