fly agaric

English

Fly agaric in Church Wood, Blean, Kent

Etymology

The name is given because it was used as insecticide in England, similarly to many other European countries, compare e.g. Swedish flugsvamp and Russian мухомо́р (muxomór).

Noun

fly agaric (plural fly agarics)

1. A poisonous and hallucinogenic mushroom, Amanita muscaria, with a large crimson cap, fading to yellow, scattered with white flecks.

   Synonym: fly fungus

Coordinate terms

• muscarine

Translations

Amanita muscaria

• Alutor: вʼапаӄ
• Azerbaijani: milçəkqıran
• Basque: kuleto faltsu
• Bulgarian: червена мухоморка f (červena muhomorka)
• Catalan: reig de fageda, reig bord m, matamosques m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毒蠅傘 / 毒蝇伞 (zh) (dúyíngsǎn)

• Crimean Tatar: çibin mantarı
• Czech: muchomůrka červená f
• Danish: rød fluesvamp c
• Dutch: vliegenzwam (nl)
• Estonian: punane kärbseseen
• Faroese: reyður flugusoppur m
• Finnish: punakärpässieni (fi)
• French: amanite tue-mouches (fr) f
• German: Fliegenpilz (de) m
• Greek: Αμανίτης ο μυγοκτόνος m (Amanítis o mygoktónos)
• Hungarian: légyölő galóca (hu)
• Ingrian: kärpäisen opokka, kärpäisen griba
• Irish: agairg na gcuileanna f
• Italian: ovolaccio m, ovolo malefico
• Japanese: 紅天狗茸 (benitengutake)
• Khanty:

  Northern Khanty: поӈх (poṇh)

• Komi:

  Komi-Zyrian: гут кулан тшак (gut kulan čak)

• Lithuanian: musmirė f
• Macedonian: мувоморка f (muvomorka)
• Mansi:

  Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} па̄ӈх (pāňh)

• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: кармывоҥго (karmyvoŋgo)

  Western Mari: арашӹнгӓвонгы (arašÿngävongy)

• Nahuatl: tzontecomananacatl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fluesopp m

  Nynorsk: flugesopp m

• Polish: muchomor czerwony (pl) m
• Portuguese: amanita mata-moscas m or f
• Russian: мухомо́р (ru) m (muxomór)
• Sami:

  Kildin Sami: кырьй кӯмпар (kyr’j kūmpar)

• Spanish: oronja falsa f, matamoscas (es) m
• Swedish: röd flugsvamp (sv)
• Turkish: sinek mantarı (tr)
• Udmurt: куткулонгуби (kutkulongubi)
• Vilamovian: fłigiapyłc
• Welsh: amanita'r gwybed m

Further reading

• fly agaric on Wikipedia.Wikipedia