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Agaric
| Agaric Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Agaric?
[n]
[n] fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses
Synonyms | Synonyms for Agaric: Fomes igniarius
Related Terms | Find terms related to Agaric:
See Also | Agaricales |
Agaricus arvensis |
Agaricus campestris |
Amanita caesarea |
Amanita mappa |
Amanita muscaria |
Amanita phalloides |
Amanita rubescens |
Amanita verna |
basidiomycete |
basidiomycetous fungi |
blewits |
blusher |
blushing mushroom |
Caesar's agaric |
Cantharellus cibarius |
Cantharellus cinnabarinus |
Cantharellus clavatus |
Cantharellus floccosus |
chantarelle |
chanterelle |
Chinese mushroom |
Chlorophyllum molybdites |
cinnabar chanterelle |
Clitocybe clavipes |
Clitocybe nuda |
Coprinus atramentarius |
Coprinus comatus |
death angel |
death cap |
death cup |
deer mushroom |
destroying angel |
Entoloma aprile |
Entoloma lividum |
Entoloma sinuatum |
fairy-ring mushroom |
false deathcap |
field mushroom |
floccose chanterelle |
fly agaric |
Fomes |
fungus |
genus Fomes |
golden pholiota |
horse mushroom |
inky cap |
inky-cap mushroom |
jack-a-lantern |
jack-o-lantern |
jack-o-lantern fungus |
Lactarius delicioso |
lepiota |
Lepiota procera |
man-on-a-horse |
Marasmius oreades |
meadow mushroom |
milkcap |
mushroom |
nameko |
olive-tree agaric |
Omphalotus illudens |
order Agaricales |
oyster agaric |
oyster fungus |
oyster mushroom |
parasol mushroom |
Pholiota astragalina |
Pholiota aurea |
Pholiota destruens |
Pholiota flammans |
Pholiota flavida |
Pholiota nameko |
Pholiota squarrosa |
Pholiota squarrosa-adiposa |
Pholiota squarrosoides |
pig's ears |
Pleurotus ostreatus |
Pleurotus phosphoreus |
Pluteus aurantiorugosus |
Pluteus cervinus |
Pluteus magnus |
royal agaric |
sandy mushroom |
scaly pholiota |
shaggycap |
shaggymane |
shaggymane mushroom |
straw mushroom |
Stropharia ambigua |
Stropharia hornemannii |
Stropharia rugoso-annulata |
swadust mushroom |
toadstool |
Tricholoma aurantium |
Tricholoma flavovirens |
Tricholoma pardinum |
Tricholoma pessundatum |
Tricholoma populinum |
Tricholoma sejunctum |
Tricholoma vaccinum |
Tricholoma venenata |
viscid mushroom |
Volvariella bombycina |
Volvariella volvacea
Agaric In Webster's Dictionary
\Ag"a*ric\ (?; 277), n. [L. agaricum, Gr. ?, said to be
fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia.]
1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus {Agaricus}, of many species,
of which the common mushroom is an example.
2. An old name for several species of {Polyporus}, corky
fungi growing on decaying wood.
Note: The ``female agaric'' ({Polyporus officinalis}) was
renowned as a cathartic; the ``male agaric''
({Polyporus igniarius}) is used for preparing
touchwood, called punk or German tinder.
{Agaric mineral}, a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of
lime, sometimes called {rock milk}, formed in caverns or
fissures of limestone.
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