amanita rubescens

1. 1.

   yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched

   Synonymsblushing mushroomblusher

   Broaderagaric

   Part ofAmanita

Questions about amanita rubescens

What does amanita rubescens mean?

amanita rubescens means "yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched".

What is another word for amanita rubescens?

Close synonyms include blushing mushroom, blusher. 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 rubescens a common word?

amanita rubescens 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.