n.
Pronunciation: ˌ a-m ə - ' n ī -t ə , - ' n ē -
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek amanitai, plural, a kind of fungus
Date: 1899
: any of a genus ( Amanita ) of white-spored basidiomycetous fungi that typically have a volva and an annulus about the stipe and include some deadly poisonous forms
amanita