destroying angel

English

a destroying angel

Noun

destroying angel (plural destroying angels)

One of a group of four deadly toxic mushrooms in the Amanita genus: Amanita bisporigera, Amanita ocreata, Amanita verna, and Amanita virosa.

Synonyms

(deadly mushroom):

Hyponyms

eastern North American destroying angel (Amanita bisporigera)
western North American destroying angel (Amanita ocreata)
spring destroying angel (Amanita verna)
fool's mushroom (Amanita verna)
mushroom fool (Amanita verna)
European destroying angel (Amanita virosa)

Translations

deadly mushroom

Catalan: farinera pudent f, àngel destructor m
Finnish: valkokärpässieni (fi)
Hungarian: hegyeskalapú galóca (hu)
Norwegian: hvit fluesopp
Russian: мухомо́р воню́чий f (muxomór vonjúčij), бе́лая пога́нка f (bélaja pogánka)
Swedish: vit flugsvamp c

References

destroying angel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Amanita bisporigera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Amanita ocreata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Amanita verna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Amanita virosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Amanita bisporigera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Amanita ocreata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Amanita verna on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Amanita virosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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