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
File:Jcs-amanita-pantherina-33775.jpg A. pantherina
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

Warning : This mushroom can be confused with many dangerous and poisonous ones in nature. If you are hunting mushrooms in nature, please be careful.

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.

Amanita nothofagi

The edibility is unknown.