noun
panther cap; Amanita pantherina
A poisonous mushroom species. The name is usually written in katakana.
テングタケは毒キノコなので、絶対に食べてはいけません。
The panther cap is a poisonous mushroom, so you must never eat it.
この森にはテングタケがたくさん生えている。
Many panther caps grow in this forest.
ベニテングタケ (fly agaric) is a related red-capped Amanita species, also poisonous.
The name テングタケ literally means 'tengu mushroom', likely from the shape resembling a tengu's nose or the mythical creature's association with mountains.