0 any of several kinds of mushroom-like fungi, often poisonous. -- giftsopp, fluesopp
From the mycelia the fungi is able to throw up its fruiting bodies, the visible part above the soil (e.g., mushrooms, toadstools, and puffballs), which may contain millions of spores.
The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture.
The term toadstool is nowadays used in storytelling when referring to poisonous or suspect mushrooms.
Ren, having watched from a distance, is so afraid he has eaten a toadstool.
Many familiar fungi belong to this class, including bracket fungi and toadstools.
The term toadstool was often, but not exclusively, applied to poisonous mushrooms or to those that have the classic umbrella-like cap-and-stem form.
Members have the traditional cap and stem toadstool form.
Parts of the roof collapsed and rain damage ensued, toadstools grew inside the main hall, and the whole station was sealed shut in 1981.
