amanita phalloides

1. 1.

   extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills

   Synonymsdeath capdeath cupdeath angeldestroying angel

   Broaderagaric

   Part ofAmanita

Questions about amanita phalloides

What does amanita phalloides mean?

amanita phalloides means "extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills".

What is another word for amanita phalloides?

Close synonyms include death cap, death cup, death angel, destroying angel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amanita phalloides a common word?

amanita phalloides is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.