Caesar's Amanita vs Cretan Festoon

Amanita caesarea compared with Zerynthia cretica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Caesar's Amanita	Cretan Festoon
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Papilionidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Zerynthia
Species	Amanita caesarea	Zerynthia cretica

Conservation Status

Caesar's Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Cretan Festoon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Caesar's Amanita	Cretan Festoon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Caesar's Amanita

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Taiwan, and United States.

Cretan Festoon

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Greece.

Caesar's Amanita

The Caesar's Amanita (Amanita caesarea) is a species in the genus Amanita. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.