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Definition of Fly agaric
1. Noun. Poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills.
Definition of Fly agaric
1. Noun. A poisonous mushroom, ''Amanita muscaria'', with a large crimson cap, fading to yellow, scattered with white flecks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Fly agaric
1. A toxic species of mushroom with yellow to red pileus and white gills; it contains muscarine, which produces psychosis-like states and other symptoms. Synonym: fly agaric. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fly Agaric
Literary usage of Fly agaric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forty years in the medical profession, 1858-1898 by John Janvier Black (1900)
"This fly agaric strongly resembles the Amanita rubescens, ... None but an expert
should gather this; they may pick the poisonous fly agaric for it. ..."
2. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"2) somewhat resembles the fly agaric and also differs from the common mushroom in
... While it does not possess the warty scales found in the fly agaric, ..."
3. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"2) somewhat resembles the fly agaric and also differs from the ... While it does
not possess the warty scales found in the fly agaric, it has occasionally a ..."
4. The Classical Psychologists: Selections Illustrating Psychology from by Benjamin Rand (1912)
"For example, the delirium that the fly agaric occasions, or that appears in mania,
presents indeed the picture of rage, but is not "actual" rage, ..."
5. A Text-book of Botany and Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students of by Henry Kraemer (1907)
"The fly agaric, while more abundant in some localities than the common edible
... 2) somewhat resembles the fly agaric and also differs from the common ..."
6. The Cultivated Mushroom by Bureau of mushroom indutry, Chicago (1916)
"POISONOUS AND EDIBLE MUSHROOMS By Dr. WG FARLOW, Harvard University The difference
between the common edible mushroom and the fly agaric and deadly agaric, ..."
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