Caesar's Amanita vs Mérida Nightshade

Amanita caesarea compared with Solanum ripense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Caesar's Amanita	Mérida Nightshade
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Solanaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Solanum
Species	Amanita caesarea	Solanum ripense

Conservation Status

Caesar's Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Mérida Nightshade

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Caesar's Amanita	Mérida Nightshade
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.

Mérida Nightshade

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Colombia.

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.