Amanita pantherina
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Amanita pantheria 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 psilocybin mushrooms.
| Amanita pantherina | |
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A. pantherina |
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| Taxonomical nomenclature | |
| Kingdom | Fungi |
| Phylum | Basidiomycota |
| Class | Agaricomycetes |
| Order | Agaricales |
| Family | Amanitaceae |
| Genus | Amanita |
| Species | A. pantherina |
| Common nomenclature | |
| Common names | Panther cap, false blusher |
| Mycological Characteristics | |
| Spore print | White  |
| Constituents | |
| Active constituents | Muscimol , ibotenic acid |
Habitat
The panther cap is an uncommon mushroom, found in both deciduous, especially beech and, less frequently, coniferous woodland and rarely meadows throughout Europe, western Asia in late summer and autumn. It has also been recorded from South Africa, where it is thought to have been accidentally introduced with trees imported from Europe, and on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada.
It is an ectomycorrhizal fungus, living in root symbiosis with a tree, deriving photosynthesised nutrients from it and providing soil nutrients in return.
Similar species
Hunting psychoactive mushrooms in nature can be very dangerous.
Caution is advised because poisonous or deadly mushrooms can easily be mistaken for edible ones.
Amanita rubescens (aka blusher)
Poisonous, but it's edible when cooked.
Amanita regalis
Psychoactive this species contains ibotenic acid and muscimol, the same psychoactive constituents as Amanita muscaria.[1]
Amanita nothofagi
The edibility is unknown.