Caesar's Amanita vs Italian Crocus

Amanita caesarea compared with Crocus longiflorus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Caesar's Amanita	Italian Crocus
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Iridaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Crocus
Species	Amanita caesarea	Crocus longiflorus

Conservation Status

Caesar's Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Italian Crocus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Caesar's Amanita	Italian Crocus
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.

Italian Crocus

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.