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noun
1.
any of various mushrooms having a stalk with an umbrellalike cap, especially the agarics.
2.
a poisonous mushroom, as distinguished from an edible one.
3.
any of various other fleshy fungi, as the puffballs and coral fungi.
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Toadstool
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| toadstool (ˈtəʊdˌstuːl) | |
| —n | |
| (not in technical use) Compare mushroom any basidiomycetous fungus with a capped spore-producing body that is not edible | |
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Word Origin & History
toadstool
late 14c., apparently a fanciful name from M.E. tadde "toad" + stole "stool." Toads themselves were regarded as very poisonous, and this word is popularly restricted to inedible or poisonous fungi, as opposed to mushrooms (e.g. toad-cheese, a poisonous fungi).
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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toadstool
any of various inedible or poisonous species of mushrooms (kingdom Fungi). See mushroom.
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