Amanita

[am″ah-ni´tah]

a genus of mushrooms, several species of which are poisonous. A. phalloi´des, the destroying angel or death cup, and the similar species A. ver´na and A. viro´sa produce a hemolysin and a mixture of peptide toxins such as phalloidin that cause irreversible damage to cardiac muscle, liver, and kidney cells. Symptoms are often delayed from six to 20 hours, and mortality ranges from 50 to 90 per cent. A. musca´ria, fly agaric, causes a drunkenlike intoxication and loss of consciousness but is rarely fatal. Initial signs of toxicity mimic those of parasympathetic stimulation and can be treated with atropine.

Amanita

(am-ă-nī'tă),

A genus of fungi; many varieties are highly poisonous.

[G. amanitai, fungi]

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Am·a·ni·ta

(am'ă-nī'tă)

A genus of fungi, many members of which are highly poisonous.

[G. amanitai, fungi]

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Amanita

A genus of mushrooms most of which are extremely poisonous. A common species is Amanita phalloides , so named because of its resemblance to a penis.

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Mae'n debyg ei fod yn cael yr enw amanita'r gwybed am fod pobl yn arfer a'i dorri'n ddarnau a'i roi mewn soser o lefrith i hurtio gwybed neu bryfed yn ystod yr Oesoedd Canol.

Ffrwythau'r Hydref yn y goedwig

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