agaric

ag·a·ric   (āg'ər-ĭk, ə-gār'ĭk)    n.   Any of various mushrooms of the genera Agaricus, Fomes, or related genera, having large umbrellalike caps with numerous gills beneath. The dried fruiting body of certain fungal species in the genus Fomes, formerly used in medicine, especially to inhibit the production of sweat. [Middle English agarik, a kind of fungus, from Latin agaricum, from Greek agarikon, from Agariā, a town in Sarmatia.]

Main Entry: aga·ric
Pronunciation: 'ag-&-rik, &-'gar-ik
Function: noun
1 : the dried fruit body of a mushroom (Fomesofficinalis syn. Polyporus officinalis) formerly used in the treatment of excessive perspiration (as in the night sweats of tuberculosis) called also larch agaric
2 : a fungus of the family Agaricaceae and especially of the genus Agaricus

agaric ag·a·ric (āg'ər-ĭk, ə-gār'ĭk)
n.

1. Any of various mushrooms of the genera Agaricus, Fomes, or related genera, having large umbrellalike caps with numerous gills beneath.

2. The dried fruiting body of certain fungi of the genus Fomes, formerly used to inhibit the production of sweat.