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Caesar's mushroom
Amanita caesarea
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Jackson's slender CaesarAmanita jacksonii
Yellow PatchesAmanita flavoconia
Fly AgaricAmanita muscaria
False Caesar's MushroomAmanita parcivolvata
Orange GrisetteAmanita crocea
Peck's Yellow Dust AmanitaAmanita elongata
Tawny GrisetteAmanita fulva
Arkansas Slender CaesarAmanita arkansana
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 441 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 151 |
| Spain | 150 |
| France | 100 |
| North Carolina | 71 |
| Portugal | 64 |
| New York | 55 |
| Centro | 55 |
| Tennessee | 47 |
| Occitanie | 42 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Ecological
- DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification
Group and habits
- Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
- Human edible commercially tradedRecognized by a harvested source as edible and suitable for commercial food trade.Mushrooms traded as food, Volume I
- Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group
Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.
Classification
| Kingdom | Fungi Including Lichens · Fungi |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Basidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota |
| Class | Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes |
| Order | Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales |
| Family | amanita mushrooms and allies · Amanitaceae |
| Genus | amanita mushrooms · Amanita |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: FungiTastic metadata (BSD-3-Clause repository; dataset terms require verification)
- Traits: Mushrooms traded as food, Volume I (Copyrighted publication; factual list metadata retained for review)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Caesar's mushroom with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.