agaric

== English == === Alternative forms === agarick (obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin agaricum, from Ancient Greek ἀγαρικόν (agarikón, “a tree fungus (Phellinus pomaceus”)), from the country of Agaria, in Sarmatia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæɡəɹɪk/, /əˈɡɑːɹɪk/, /əˈɡæɹɪk/ === Noun === agaric (plural agarics) Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath. 1872, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, “Gareth and Lynette” in Gareth and Lynette, Etc. London: Strahan & Co., p. 47,[3] She thereat, as one / That smells a foul-flesh’d agaric in the holt, / And deems it carrion of some woodland thing, / Or shrew, or weasel, nipt her slender nose / With petulant thumb and finger, A dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine (now Laricifomes officinalis, formerly Fomitopsis officinalis, Fomes officinalis, Polyporus officinalis). ==== Hyponyms ==== deadly agaric (Amanita phalloides) fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) ivory agaric (Hygrophorus eburneus) horsetail agaric (Coprinus comatus) maned agaric (Coprinus comatus) royal agaric (Amanita caesarea) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Agaricia Agaricus agarwood === Further reading === agaric on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Agaricales on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Agaricales on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Category:Fomitopsis officinalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === Garica, Arciga, Garcia, Gracia == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ɡa.ʁik/ === Noun === agaric m (plural agarics) agaric Synonym: psalliote === Further reading === “agaric”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012