Panther cap
Amanita pantherina · 豹斑鹅膏
Occasional鹅膏科⚠️ Poisonous
Reference sources list this as a poisonous mushroom.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Cap brown, densely covered in neat rows of pure white warts
- Stem base bulbous, with one to several ring-like volva edges above it
- Ring white, gills white; cap margin finely striate
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 鹅膏科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Mycorrhizal
- How Big
- 5–12 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Occasional
- Habitat
- Ground in broadleaf and conifer woods
Easily Confused With
Fly agaricCap red, scattered with white wart-like scales that may wash off after rain
The blusherThe blusher reddens when damaged and lacks the rim-like volva band at the base; panther cap does not change colour.Fun Fact
A neurotoxic mushroom in the same category as fly agaric, and often more potent; its cap is brown with white spots, and the volva has a distinct collar-like rim.
More in this family
- American Caesar
- Caesar's mushroom
- Death cap
- Destroying angel
- East Asian death cap
- East Asian yellow death cap
- False death cap
- Grisette
- Half-dyed slender caesar
- Smith's amanita