Main Entry:

am·a·ni·ta

Pronunciation:

\ˌa-mə-ˈnī-tə, -ˈnē-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

New Latin, genus name, from Greek amanitai, plural, a kind of fungus

Date:

1899

: any of a genus (Amanita) of white-spored basidiomycetous fungi that typically have a volva and an annulus about the stipe and include some deadly poisonous forms

[amanita illustration]