Agaric

[Lat. agaricum.] ( Bot.) The common name of the genus AGARIC US, q. v.; a mushroom. ( Med .) The Touchwood; a drug extracted from the Boletus igniarius , used in medicine and dyeing. Agaric Mineral. ( Min .) Called also Rock-milk, a variety of Calcite, q. v. It is very soft, white, breaking easily in the fingers, and deposited from waters containing carbonate of lime in solution. It covers the sides of a cave at Water town, N. Y.