noun. Any of numerous mushrooms having an umbrellalike cap with gills beneath, chiefly belonging to the order Agaricales.

noun. The dried fruiting body of certain fungal species in the genus Fomes, formerly used in medicine, especially to inhibit the production of sweat.

noun. A fungus of the genus Agaricus.

Of or pertaining to agarics; fungoid.

noun. A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.

noun. An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.

noun. a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of lime, sometimes called rock milk, formed in caverns or fissures of limestone.

noun. Any of various fungi of the family Agaricaceae, having umbrella-like caps with numerous gills beneath.

noun. The dried mushroom used in medicine.

noun. a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside

noun. fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses

"Let us not be too quick to explain this refusal by the noxious properties of the olive tree agaric, which is said to be extremely poisonous."