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death cap

n :  a very poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita (A. phalloides) of deciduous woods of No. America and Europe that varies in color from pure white to olive or yellow and has a prominent volva at the base - called also death cup  - see THIOCTIC ACID  .
 
 

 
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