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
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