agaric

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses
noun a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside

From Latin agaricum, from Ancient Greek ἀγαρικόν (agarikón, “a tree fungus (Phellinus pomaceus”)), from the country of Agaria, in Sarmatia.

Neither would I wish you to parallel therewith--although I cannot deny but that it is of a very marvellous nature--that sort of tree which groweth alongst the mountains of Brianson and Ambrun, which produceth out of his root the good agaric. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais

Fomes igniarius

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