╔══ Sightings from 16 September 20262 sightings
speciesAmanita pantherina
locationWamberg approach
habitatDeciduous and coniferous forests, especially under beech and spruce
edibilityHighly toxic — contains ibotenic acid and muscimol
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Brown cap densely covered with white warts
- │ ▸ White gills and a white stem
- │ ▸ Thin white ring placed high on the stem, grooved on top
- │ ▸ Rounded bulbous base with a collar-like volva, no separate sac
└─ Easily confused with the blusher (Amanita rubescens), but its flesh never stains pink.
└─ A week or so later, these had been harvested. This is reported in a later sighting.
speciesArmillaria mellea
locationWamberg approach
habitatAt the base of living and dead trees, stumps and roots of broadleaves and conifers
edibilityEdible only after thorough cooking; some people are intolerant to it
├─ Key Features
- │ ▸ Honey-coloured to olive-brown caps growing in dense clusters at the base of trees
- │ ▸ White to cream decurrent gills
- │ ▸ Zigzag ring or ring zone on the upper stem
- │ ▸ Dark, dense scales in the middle of the cap
└─ A weakly parasitic fungus whose black, bootlace-like rhizomorphs spread through the soil and can kill trees — the mycelium of a single colony can rank among the largest living organisms on Earth.
└─ Growing on a stump hanging off a cliff.