agaric

Meaning

1. Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath.
2. A dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine (now Laricifomes officinalis, formerly Fomitopsis officinalis, Fomes officinalis, Polyporus officinalis).

Synonyms

Fomes igniarius

mushroom

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larch agaric

gill fungus

round mushroom

Translations

agaric

agárico

αγαρικό

agárico

Champignon

kampernoelie

agàric

agarico

champignon

kampernoelje

agarico

مشروم

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæɡəɹɪk/

Etymology

From Latin agaricum, from Ancient Greek ἀγαρικόν (agarikón, “a tree fungus (Phellinus pomaceus”)), from the country of Agaria, in Sarmatia.