Caesar's Amanita vs Pencil Cedar

Amanita caesarea compared with Polyscias murrayi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Caesar's Amanita	Pencil Cedar
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Araliaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Polyscias
Species	Amanita caesarea	Polyscias murrayi

Conservation Status

Caesar's Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Pencil Cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Caesar's Amanita	Pencil Cedar
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.

Pencil Cedar

Habitat

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

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.