Caesar's Amanita vs long yam

Amanita caesarea compared with Dioscorea transversa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Caesar's Amanita	long yam
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Dioscorea
Species	Amanita caesarea	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Caesar's Amanita

LC — Least Concern

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Caesar's Amanita	long yam
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.

long yam

Habitat

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

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.