Toadstool

Definition

toadstool /'tǝƱdstu:l/ n မိႈ (မ်ားေသာအားျဖင့္ ေတာက္တတ္ေသာ မိႈမ်ဳိး)။ ❍ FUNGUS Compare MUSH-ROOM

Examples

1. ‘It had high mountains where dragons slept in dark caves and low valleys where tiny sprites slept under toadstools.’
2. ‘A bevy of professional ‘risk assessors’ has cropped up on TV and radio like toadstools after a summer rain.’
3. ‘For instance
4. the modern tide of new houses springing up round Mayo like concrete toadstools spells death for miles of hedgerows
5. dry stone walls and the wild-life that depends on such habitat.’
6. ‘My mother
7. Mary
8. could often be seen walking around the outskirts of the forest
9. picking mushrooms and toadstools.’
10. ‘The fly agaric or fairy toadstool grows here too
11. especially under birch along with other woodland fungi.’
12. ‘If the Killarney Town Council delegation pays a visit
13. they can experience the thrill of sitting on seats that resemble toadstools
14. surrounded by a little bridge and fountain to create the ultimate Alice in Wonderland experience.’
15. ‘Are they the sort that's just darker grass
16. or dead grass
17. or the sort with actual toadstools / mushrooms?’
18. ‘On our land
19. I found evidence of that century-old slaughter in the form of huge
20. rotting
21. sawed-off stumps hidden like giant toadstools.’
22. ‘In the UK we have an estimated 12
23. 000 species of fungi
24. many of which produce large and attractively coloured fruit bodies we all know as mushrooms and toadstools.’
25. ‘The lamp posts in the park were designed to resemble toadstools
26. and the light they shed was not strong enough to overcome what was still left of the day.’
27. ‘All around the two girls grew large specimens of fungi: mushrooms nearly as tall as them grew from the ground
28. and toadstools and bracken protruded from the rocky walls in clumps.’
29. ‘And their centers had turned into brown patches where it seemed even the little toadstools I had stupidly admired had trouble growing.’
30. ‘I didn't turn to gardening
31. of course
32. beyond helping Graham remove a nest of snails from the back garden and several small colonies of forest toadstools from the front path and grass.’
33. ‘And as for the nation
34. Australia's economic performance looks healthy when homes grow like toadstools
35. and bleak when the boom subsides.’
36. ‘‘I fell in love with toadstools
37. ’ she explained.’
38. ‘The fungal kingdom is a lot more than mushrooms and toadstools.’
39. ‘All that remain
40. on the grass
41. are the three large toadstools - or are they mushrooms?’
42. ‘We collected it
43. fried it in butter
44. and relished its delicious taste
45. while Henrik was convinced that we would soon die in pain
46. poisoned by ‘these terrible toadstools.’’
47. ‘They decided to make a collection of all the plants
48. animals and insects they could find
49. and smuggled home innumerable beetles
50. toadstools
51. dead birds
52. hedgehogs
53. frogs
54. caterpillars and minnows and sloughed snakeskins.’
55. ‘You expect me to believe that your people find their children growing under toadstools?’