The first is a kind of agaric or mushroom, which grows from the root of the walnut-tree, especially when it is felled. From Wordnik.com. [History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing] Reference
Now, who will be the first to find the bright scarlet fly agaric?. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
So, from the Golden Guide – Hallucinogenic Plants, a couple fly agaric pix. From Wordnik.com. [I’m in, you’re in…] Reference
The St. George's Mushroom, an early one, takes, perhaps, the highest place as an agaric for the table. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Worm seed, two ounces; valerian, rhubarb, pink root, white agaric, senna, of each one ounce and a half. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
Norse Gods, fly agaric mushrooms, prehistoric atavisms, the unavoidable void and the density of matter. From Wordnik.com. [Metamorphic In The UK | Disinformation] Reference
'What about foxglove and monk's-hood or deadly nightshade and wild arum or some of that great agaric fungus?. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral In Berlin]
Chiano induced visions with fly agaric and was obviously then in no condition to record his prophecies himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Of The Lion]
Before they perform the sacrifice, the Khanty perform a divination ceremony using fly agaric mushrooms (Amanita muscaria). From Wordnik.com. [October 2005] Reference
More specifically, an umbrella that looks like the fly agaric. From Wordnik.com. [Ask MetaFilter] Reference
Peck suggests that it may only be a variety of the oyster agaric. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
Mr. Coombes held out a handful of scarlet agaric to Mr. Clarence. From Wordnik.com. [The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories] Reference
The new agaric of this hour has a chance which the old one had not. From Wordnik.com. [Essays — Second Series] Reference
The mealy agaric, or powdery amanita, is a pretty little species. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
Brianson and Ambrun, which produceth out of his root the good agaric. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3] Reference
This plant compares favorably with the oyster agaric as an edible one. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
It is very difficult to distinguish this species from the oyster agaric. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
Nor should there be difficulty in distinguishing it from the royal agaric, or. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
It has been used with advantage as a substitute for agaric and other styptics. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
Absorbents -- as lint, agaric, spiders web powdered gum arabic, flour, and rosin. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.] Reference
This plant is known as the orange amanita, royal agaric, Cæsar's agaric, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
The agaric has preserved them from destruction by wrapping them in tight cerements. From Wordnik.com. [The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles] Reference
Then a glorious thought occurs: wouldn't a fly agaric umbrella be the coolest thing ever??. From Wordnik.com. [Ask MetaFilter] Reference
= Agaricus (Psalliota) comtulus = Fr. -- This pretty little agaric seems to be rather rare. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
Great caution should be used in distinguishing it from the fly agaric and from other amanitas. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
The fly-agaric is quite as poisonous as its more common relative, and is equally to be shunned. From Wordnik.com. [Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene] Reference
The prince stood looking pensively at a big fly agaric at his feet, which he had crushed with his stick. From Wordnik.com. [The Chorus Girl and Other Stories] Reference
= -- The petal-like agaric is so called from the fancied resemblance of the plant to the petal of a flower. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
In one place he would behold masterly reproduced ruins, with agaric and cactus monsters planted amongst them. From Wordnik.com. [A Hungarian Nabob] Reference
Reindeer eat fly agaric mushrooms, fly agaric mushrooms are hallucinogenic therefore reindeer BELIEVE they can fly!. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
The prince, who had been gazing the whole time at the crushed agaric, raised his eyes to me, thought a minute, and said. From Wordnik.com. [The Chorus Girl and Other Stories] Reference
Last year I touched on the distinction between psilocybin mushrooms and the cooler-looking (but less fun) fly agaric in a book review. From Wordnik.com. [Reason Magazine - Hit & Run] Reference
The wood, while retaining its structure, has been greatly softened by the presence of the mycelium of a mushroom, the agaric of the poplar. From Wordnik.com. [The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles] Reference
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