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Poisonous fungi

Panther Cap

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From pantherinus (lat) = relating to the Panther. Due to its colour and appearance.
Common Name = Panther Cap

CAP: 4 to 12 cm in diameter, round when young, then hemispherical. Straight edge, cap with very white plates and arranged in concentric circles. Greyish-brown, dark brown colour. Viscose in wet time.

GILLS: Free, white, tight and with lamelules.

STEM: 6-12 x 1-2 cm, cylindrical, white, full and then hollow, narrower in the upper part, ring half way up the stem, white. Circumcised volva, with various helicoidal and circular rings around the stem.

FLESH: White, not very consistent, damp. Sweet flavour, odourless.

HABITAT: Summer-autumn in deciduous forests in our zone.

EDIBILITY: Very poisonous.

OBSERVATIONS: It can be confused with the Amanitas of the Spissa Group, with the stem ending in a bulb and with A. Rubescens, whose flesh gets red when cut and with a very different bulb.

 

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