Caesar's Amanita vs Mud Dauber

Amanita caesarea compared with Sceliphron caementarium

Key Differences

• Caesar's Amanita is Least Concern while Mud Dauber is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Caesar's Amanita	Mud Dauber
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Sphecidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Sceliphron
Species	Amanita caesarea	Sceliphron caementarium

Conservation Status

Caesar's Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Mud Dauber

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Caesar's Amanita	Mud Dauber
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.

Mud Dauber

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), and North America (United States).

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