Definition of "toadstools" [toadstools]

• Plural form of toadstool. (noun)

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• "Then came long weeks of patient sitting on them, watching the wonder of growing things about her, the bursting into bloom of shy wood flowers, the unfolding of leaves on bush and tree, the springing up in a night of queer mushrooms, which people call toadstools, and all the time dreaming beautiful"
• "Mushrooms, sometimes called toadstools, are the reproductive or fruiting stage of fungi."
• "Toussaint, after the autumnal rains, you may find an abundance of the mushrooms or "toadstools" that affect the conifers; especially the delicious Lactaris, which turns green if the points are rubbed and drips blood if broken."