Caesar's Amanita vs lizard crystalwort

Amanita caesarea compared with Riccia bifurca

Key Differences

• Caesar's Amanita is Least Concern while lizard crystalwort is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Caesar's Amanita	lizard crystalwort
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Ricciaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Riccia
Species	Amanita caesarea	Riccia bifurca

Conservation Status

Caesar's Amanita

LC — Least Concern

lizard crystalwort

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Caesar's Amanita	lizard crystalwort
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.

lizard crystalwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇺🇸 United States