Panther Cap - Amanita pantherina

This is a beautiful fungus; the brilliant white veil fragments on the ochre-brown cap are a helpful distinguishing feature. The cap is 5 to 12 cm diameter; shiny brown or grey-brown with a very finely striated margin. The cap is initially domed but tends to flatten as the fruitbody matures. Pure white remains of the veil are dotted, usually fairly evenly, over the cap surface. The gills are White, free, crowded and fairly broad. It has a white hanging ring which is floppy in mature specimens, and the slightly swollen stem base retains the white remains of the volva.

Associated with broadleaved trees and often found under Beech.

August to November.

Uncommon nationally

Rare