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Toadstool

/ˈtəʊdˌstuːl/

Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an agaric.

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    Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an agaric.

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mushroomnounAny of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).

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amanitanounAny of very many agaric mushrooms, of the genus Amanita, most of which are very poisonous.
fly agaricnounA poisonous and hallucinogenic mushroom, Amanita muscaria, with a large crimson cap, fading to yellow, scattered with white flecks.
caesar's mushroomnounAn edible mushroom, of species Amanita caesarea, with a distinctive orange cap.
death capnounThe deadly poisonous mushroom Amanita phalloides.
horse mushroomnounAgaricus arvensis (species of fungi in the family Agaricaceae).
toadrootnounAny of various plants of the genus Actaea.
inky capnounThe mushroom Coprinopsis atramentaria, edible but poisonous when consumed with alcohol.
destroying angelnounAny of a group of four deadly toxic mushrooms in the Amanita genus: Amanita bisporigera, Amanita ocreata, Amanita verna, and Amanita virosa.
field mushroomnounA commonly eaten mushroom, Agaricus campestris.
panther capnounThe highly poisonous agaric Amanita pantherina.
meadow mushroomnounA commonly eaten mushroom, Agaricus campestris.
beefsteak mushroomnounFistulina hepatica (an edible fungus)
flybanenounA poisonous mushroom, the fly agaric.
monkshoodnoun(countable) Any of various poisonous plants, of the genus Aconitum, with blue or white flowers in the shape of a hood.
aconitenounThe herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; any plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous.
tippler's banenounThe mushroom Coprinopsis atramentaria.
grisettenounA variety of low-alcohol beer that is light in body, with a noticeable tartness similar to other farmhouse ales.
hen of the woodsnoun(mycology) An edible polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa
caesarnounA title of Roman emperors.
boletusnounAn edible mushroom of genus Boletus.

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