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ag·a·ric
(ăg′ər-ĭk, ə-găr′ĭk)n.
1. Any of numerous mushrooms having an umbrellalike cap with gills beneath, chiefly belonging to the order Agaricales.
2. The dried fruiting body of certain fungal species in the genus Fomes, formerly used in medicine, especially to inhibit the production of sweat.
[Middle English agarik, a kind of fungus, from Latin agaricum, from Greek agarikon, from Agariā, a town in Sarmatia.]
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agaric
(ˈæɡərɪk; əˈɡærɪk)n
1. (Plants) any saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus of the family Agaricaceae, having gills on the underside of the cap. The group includes the edible mushrooms and poisonous forms such as the fly agaric
2. (Pharmacology) the dried spore-producing bodies of certain fungi, esp Polyphorus officinalis (or Boletus laricis), formerly used in medicine
[C16: via Latin agaricum, from Greek agarikon, perhaps named after Agaria, a town in Sarmatia]
agaricaceous adj
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ag•a•ric
(ˈæg ə rɪk, əˈgær ɪk)n.
any of various gill fungi of the family Agaricaceae, including the meadow mushroom and other common edible mushrooms of the genus Agaricus.
[1525–35; < New Latin Agaricus genus name < Greek agarikós (adj.) pertaining to Agaría, a town in Sarmatis; neuter agarikón used as n., name of some fungi]
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| Noun | 1. |  agaric - fungus used in the preparation of punk for fusesfungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia Fomes, genus Fomes - genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees |
| 2. |  agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the undersidebasidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi - any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota Agaricales, order Agaricales - typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota mushroom - mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.) mushroom - common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool) toadstool - common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom) Agaricus arvensis, horse mushroom - coarse edible mushroom with a hollow stem and a broad white cap Agaricus campestris, field mushroom, meadow mushroom - common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce Amanita caesarea, Caesar's agaric, royal agaric - widely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaric Amanita mappa, false deathcap - agaric often confused with the death cup Amanita muscaria, fly agaric - poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills Amanita phalloides, death angel, death cap, death cup, destroying angel - extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills Amanita rubescens, blusher, blushing mushroom - yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched Amanita verna, destroying angel - fungus similar to Amanita phalloides Cantharellus cibarius, chantarelle, chanterelle - widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma Cantharellus floccosus, floccose chanterelle - a mildly poisonous fungus with a fruiting body shaped like a hollow trumpet Cantharellus clavatus, pig's ears - an edible agaric with a brown fruiting body that is often compound Cantharellus cinnabarinus, cinnabar chanterelle - mushroom with a distinctive pink to vermillion fruiting body jack-a-lantern, jack-o-lantern, jack-o-lantern fungus, Omphalotus illudens - a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent Coprinus atramentarius, inky cap, inky-cap mushroom - having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured Coprinus comatus, shaggy cap, shaggymane, shaggymane mushroom - common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black spores Lactarius delicioso, milkcap - edible mushroom fairy-ring mushroom, Marasmius oreades - mushroom that grows in a fairy ring oyster agaric, oyster fungus, oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus - edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood olive-tree agaric, Pleurotus phosphoreus - red luminescent mushroom of Europe Pholiota astragalina - a fungus with a smooth orange cap and yellow gills and pale yellow stalk golden pholiota, Pholiota aurea - a beautiful yellow gilled fungus found from Alaska south along the coast Pholiota destruens - a large fungus with whitish scales on the cap and remnants of the veil hanging from the cap; the stalk is thick and hard Pholiota flammans - a fungus with a yellow cap covered with fine scales as is the stalk Pholiota flavida - a fungus that grows in clusters on the ground; cap is brownish orange with a surface that is smooth and slightly sticky; whitish gills and a cylindrical brown stalk Pholiota squarrosa-adiposa - a gilled fungus having yellow slimy caps with conspicuous tawny scales on the caps and stalks Pholiota squarrosa, scaly pholiota - a gilled fungus with a cap and stalk that are conspicuously scaly with upright scales; gills develop a greenish tinge with age Pholiota squarrosoides - a pale buff fungus with tawny scales Stropharia ambigua - a gilled fungus with a long stalk and a yellow slimy cap from which fragments of the broken veil hang; gills are initially white but become dark brown as spores are released Stropharia hornemannii - a gilled fungus with a large slimy purple or olive cap; gills become purple with age; the stalk is long and richly decorated with pieces of the white sheath that extends up to a ring |
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agaric
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