Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Amanita"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amanita \Am`a*ni"ta\, n. [NL. See {Amanitine}.] (Bot.)
A genus of poisonous fungi of the family {Agaricace[ae]},
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
{A. phalloides} is the death cup.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Amanita
n : genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores
and are poisonous with few exceptions [syn: {Amanita}, {genus
Amanita}]
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