Caesar's Amanita vs Green Wintergreen

Amanita caesarea compared with Pyrola chlorantha

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Caesar's Amanita	Green Wintergreen
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Ericaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Pyrola
Species	Amanita caesarea	Pyrola chlorantha

Conservation Status

Caesar's Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Green Wintergreen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Caesar's Amanita	Green Wintergreen
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.

Green Wintergreen

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.