The word "toadstool" has apparent analogies in Dutch "padde(n)stoel" (toad-stool/chair, mushroom) and German "Krötenschwamm" (toad-fungus, alt. word for panther cap). In German folklore and old fairy tales, toads are often depicted sitting on toadstool mushrooms and catching, with their tongues, the flies that are said to be drawn to the "Fliegenpilz", a German name for the toadstool, meaning "flies' mushroom". This is how the mushroom got another of its names, "Krötenstuhl" (a less-used German name for the mushroom), literally translating to "toad-stool".