mycovisions

Amanita pantherina,  also known as the panther cap, false blusher, or panther amanita is commonly found in Europe and Western Asia. 

Like many amanitae, it contains psychoactive agents (ibotenic acid and muscimol) but is also considered toxic. Eaten raw it can cause severe illness such as diarrhea, vomiting, hyperhidrosis, cramps, severe dehydration, reddening of the skin, coma, or even death by respiratory paralysis.

100 g of fresh pantherina may contain a fatal dose of ibotenic acid (38 mg per 1kg of body weight). 

Indigenous peoples in Siberia have been known to use it as part of initiation rites, for which they used to dry the mushroom for a longer period of time. The longer it dries, the ibotenic acid will turn into muscimol, which is less toxic but more hallucinogenic. Still, the content of toxins vary in each mushroom, so experiments are not recommended. 

Firstly, you’ll need a specific form, something like this:

https://www.amazon.ca/Metal-Mushroom-Mold-Forms-Sweet/dp/B07QL81NXT

Glaze:

* 100g of sugar

* 50g of water (about ⅕ cup).

(you can add 1 tea spoon of cocoa if you want the glaze darker)

Instead of glaze, you can also use icing sugar.

—–

Dough:

* 1 egg

* 2 spoons of sugar

* 3-4 table spoons of flour

* 1 table spoon of water or milk (if the dough seems too dense)

* a pinch of vanilla

* a bit of condensed milk (optional)

—–

* ~1 liter of sunflower oil

—–

Heat the oil on the stove.

Mix the dough ingredients like a pancake dough - first mix sugar with eggs. Then add 3-4 table spoons of flour, add vanilla.

Heat the cookie form in the oil. Pour the dough in the form with a spoon and dip the form in the heated sunflower oil (hold the form, don’t let it sink, so the cap doesn’t flatten). It should take 2 minutes or less for the cookie to be done.