Identifying Edible vs. Toxic Mushrooms: The Blusher and Panther Cap. The Blusher is a very common mushroom of woodlands and with a little experience is actually quite easy to identify. However, if you are new to mushroom foraging I don’t advise making it one of the first mushrooms you forage as it is in the same genus (Amanita) as some deadly toxic species like the Death Cap and Destroying Angel, and shares similar characteristics like white gills and a bulbous base. In reality, the closest toxi