Caesar's Amanita vs Pitaya

Amanita caesarea compared with Echinocereus enneacanthus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Caesar's Amanita	Pitaya
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Cactaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Echinocereus
Species	Amanita caesarea	Echinocereus enneacanthus

Conservation Status

Caesar's Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Pitaya

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Caesar's Amanita	Pitaya
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.

Pitaya

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.