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'''Amanita pantherina''', also known as '''panther cap''' or '''false blusher''' (due to its similarity to the edible mushroom tree blusher), is a psychoactive mushroom in the Amanita genus. The main psychoactive compound in this mushroom is [[muscimol]]. The subjective effects of this mushroom, however, are not similar to [[:category:psilocybe|psilocybin mushrooms]].
'''''Amanita pantherina''''', also known as '''panther cap''' or '''false blusher''' (due to its similarity to the edible mushroom tree blusher), is a psychoactive mushroom in the Amanita genus. The main psychoactive compound in this mushroom is [[muscimol]]. The subjective effects of this mushroom, however, are not similar to [[:category:psilocybe|psilocybin mushrooms]].
 
==Toxicity and harm potential==
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==Habitat==
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It is an ectomycorrhizal fungus, living in root symbiosis with a tree and deriving photosynthesised nutrients from it while providing soil nutrients in return.
It is an ectomycorrhizal fungus, living in root symbiosis with a tree and deriving photosynthesised nutrients from it while providing soil nutrients in return.
==Similar species==
==Similar species==
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                 [[File:Amanita.Amerirubescens.001.jpg|200px|thumbnail|'''[[Amanita rubescens]] (aka blusher)''':<br>[[File:Mycomorphbox Poison.png|32px|frameless]] '''Poisonous''', but it's edible when cooked.]]
                 [[File:Amanita.Amerirubescens.001.jpg|180px|thumbnail|'''[[Amanita rubescens]] (aka blusher)''':<br>[[File:Mycomorphbox Poison.png|22px|frameless]] '''Poisonous''', but it's edible when cooked.]]
                 [[File:Amanita regalis 52330.jpg|200px|thumbnail|'''[[Amanita regalis]]''':<br>[[File:Mycomorphbox Psychoactive.png|32px|frameless]] '''Psychoactive''' - This species contains ibotenic acid and muscimol, the same psychoactive constituents as [[amanita muscaria]].<ref>Bresinsky1989</ref>]]
                 [[File:Amanita regalis 52330.jpg|180px|thumbnail|'''[[Amanita regalis]]''':<br>[[File:Mycomorphbox Psychoactive.png|22px|frameless]] '''Psychoactive''' - This species contains ibotenic acid and muscimol, the same psychoactive constituents as [[amanita muscaria]].<ref>{{cite book | vauthors=((Paulus, W.)), ((Bresinsky, A.)) | veditors=((Schulze, E.-D.)), ((Lange, O. L.)), ((Oren, R.)) | date= 1989 | chapter=Forest Decline and Air Pollution | title=Soil Fungi and Other Microorganisms | publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg | volume=77 | pages=110–120 | url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-642-61332-6_6 | doi=10.1007/978-3-642-61332-6_6 | isbn=9783642647956}}</ref>]]
                 [[File:Amanita nothofagi 39307.jpg|200px|thumbnail|'''[[Amanita nothofagi]]''':<br>[[File:Mycomorphbox Question.png|32px|frameless]] The edibility is '''unknown'''.]]  
                 [[File:Amanita nothofagi 39307.jpg|180px|thumbnail|'''[[Amanita nothofagi]]''':<br>[[File:Mycomorphbox Question.png|22px|frameless]] The edibility is '''unknown'''.]]  
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==External links==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_psychoactive_Amanita_mushrooms Legal status of psychoactive Amanita mushrooms (Wikipedia)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoactive_Amanita_mushroom Psychoactive Amanita mushroom (Wikipedia)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_pantherina ''Amanita pantherina'' (Wikipedia)]
* [https://erowid.org/plants/amanitas/amanitas.shtml Psychoactive amanitas (Erowid)]
* [http://amanitaceae.org/ Amanitaceae.org]


==References==
==References==
[[Category:Amanita (genus)]]
[[Category:Amanita (genus)]]
[[Category:Mycology]]