Caesar's Amanita vs

Amanita caesarea compared with Clitocybe subspadicea

Key Differences

  • Caesar's Amanita is Least Concern while is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Caesar's Amanita
Kingdom same Fungi (грибы) Fungi (грибы)
Phylum same Basidiomycota (базидиомицеты) Basidiomycota (базидиомицеты)
Class same Agaricomycetes (агарикомицеты) Agaricomycetes (агарикомицеты)
Order same Agaricales (агариковые) Agaricales (агариковые)
Family Agaricaceae (Agarics) Tricholomataceae
Genus Amanita (Amanitas) Clitocybe
Species Amanita caesarea Clitocybe subspadicea

Evolutionary Relationship

Caesar's Amanita and share a common ancestor at the Order level: Agaricales. (агариковые)

Conservation Status

Caesar's Amanita

LC — Least Concern

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Caesar's Amanita
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.

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across 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.

Clitocybe subspadicea is an agaric fungus in the family Tricholomataceae native to temperate European forests. The species epithet subspadicea indicates a date-brown or chestnut-brown coloration ('spadiceus' meaning date-brown in Latin), somewhat darker than the whitish or pale grey tones typical of many Clitocybe species, making it more readily distinguished in the field. It fruits in autumn on forest floors of deciduous and mixed woodlands, where it decomposes leaf litter and organic matter as a saprotrophic fungus. The cap is depressed to funnel-shaped, gills are decurrent and crowded, and the stipe is cylindrical and slender, following the typical Clitocybe growth form. The darker pigmentation may reflect production of melanins or other pigment compounds providing protection against UV radiation or desiccation during fruiting. Documentation of species like C. subspadicea through careful field work and herbarium specimens contributes to understanding the remarkable macrofungal diversity of European temperate forests, where hundreds of agaric species perform essential ecological roles in energy flow and nutrient cycling.

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