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Fly amanita

Fly amanita \Fly amanita\, Fly fungus \Fly fungus\ . (Bot.) A poisonous mushroom ( Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius), having usually a bright red or yellowish cap covered with irregular white spots. It has a distinct volva at the base, generally an upper ring on the stalk, and white spores. Called also fly agaric, deadly amanita.

Usage examples of "fly amanita".

There was the insane ghostwhite of the deadliest and queerest of them all, the Fly Amanita, and a mole was gathering this.