destroying angel

English

a destroying angel

Noun

destroying angel (plural destroying angels)

1. 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):

• angel of death
• death angel

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
• Category:Amanita bisporigera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Amanita ocreata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Amanita verna on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Amanita virosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons