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am·a·ni·ta | \ ˌa-mə-ˈnī-tə 
, -ˈnē- \
, -ˈnē- \Definition of amanita
: 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
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Recent Examples on the Web Some victims got off relatively easy, like four young men who had expected a psychedelic trip but ended up having their insides washed out with fluids in a hospital — the only known treatment for amanita phalloides poisoning.
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Avi Selk, Washington Post, "The world’s most dangerous mushroom and what it did to an 18-month-old girl," 3 June 2017 A new federal report detailed what came after consumption for 14 people who sampled the Bay Area's bloom of death cap - or amanita phalloides - last December:
Violent nausea, in all cases.
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The Washington Post, NOLA.com, "The world's most dangerous mushroom and what it did to an 18-month-old girl," 3 June 2017 A new federal report detailed what came after consumption for 14 people who sampled the Bay Area's bloom of death cap — or amanita phalloides — last December:
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Avi Selk, Washington Post, "The world’s most dangerous mushroom and what it did to an 18-month-old girl," 3 June 2017 Some victims got off relatively easy, including four young men who had expected a psychedelic trip but ended up having their insides washed out with fluids in a hospital - the only known treatment for amanita phalloides poisoning.
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Avi Selk, chicagotribune.com, "The world's most dangerous mushroom and what it did to an 18-month-old girl," 3 June 2017
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amanita
nounam·a·ni·ta | \ ˌam-ə-ˈnīt-ə , -ˈnēt- \
, -ˈnēt- \Medical Definition of amanita
1 capitalized : a genus of widely distributed white-spored basidiomycetous fungi (family Amanitaceae) that includes some deadly poisonous forms (as the death cap)
2 : a fungus of the genus Amanita
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The first known use of amanita was in 1899
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