Caesar's Amanita vs Mottled Purple

Amanita caesarea compared with Eriocrania sparrmannella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Caesar's Amanita	Mottled Purple
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Eriocraniidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Eriocrania
Species	Amanita caesarea	Eriocrania sparrmannella

Conservation Status

Caesar's Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Mottled Purple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Caesar's Amanita	Mottled Purple
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.

Mottled Purple

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.