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Nifty > Spam Word of the Day: Amanita

Found as a random dictionary word in a spam email. Amanita is a genus of mushrooms that includes some of the most poisonous and deadly species in North America. Color ranges from pure white in the deadly Death Angel (Amanita virosa/Amanita bisporigera) to a red-to-orange cap in the hallucinogenic Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria).