Michael, as I understand it, from other discussions of "Wildwood Flower," amanita is also the name of a flower, not just the name of a mushroom. Several earlier versions of the song have the singer "twining and mingling" her "raven black hair" with myrtle, amanita, and islip. I doubt that she's putting mushrooms in her hair. (It could be that saying "amanita" instead of "emelita" for the flower is a colloquialism.)

BTW, here's another example of something that's become widely used and accepted but is really a misuse of a term. I just noticed an online news site that is offering video footage that they warn "may contain graphic images." I know that the use of "graphic" to mean "grisly" or "macabre" or "gory" has become widespread, which probably means the new dictionaries have accepted that meaning. But "graphic" literally, and traditionally, means something more like "picturesque" or "vivid" in relation to the ability of the printed or spoken word to elicit imagery in the mind of the hearer or reader. So, really, to say that a picture is "graphic" is a bit like saying a book has letters and words in it. How can a picture not be "graphic?"

Genie