Amanita caesarea

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iAmanita caesarea

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Homobasidiomycetae
Subclass:	Hymenomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Amanitaceae
Genus:	Amanita
Species:	A. caesarea

Binomial name

Amanita caesarea
(Scop.) Pers.

Amanita caesarea mycological characteristics:	?
Image:Gills icon.png gills on hymenium
Image:Convex cap icon.png cap is convex
Image:Free gills icon2.png hymenium is free
Image:Ring and volva stipe icon.png stipe has a ring and volva
Image:White spore print icon.png spore print is white
Image:Mycorrhizal ecology icon.png ecology is mycorrhizal
Image:Choice toxicity icon.png edibility: choice

Amanita caesarea (Caesar's Mushroom), is an edible mushroom in family Amanitaceae, native to southern Europe. The common name comes from its being a favorite of Roman emperors. Other common names include Royal Amanita, Aminite de César, Oronge, or Kaiserling in German.

This mushroom has a tawny cap with a yellow stem and gills. It may be seated in a cup (remnant of universal veil) and have the remains of a partial veil hanging from the stipe. The base of the stipe is thicker than the top. The spores are white. This mushroom favours oak woodland, sometimes mixed with conifers.

It has also been classified as A. umbonata. The relationship of the similar North American species A. hemibapha and A. jacksonii to A. caesarea is not clear. Moreover, the edibility of North American species is also unclear.