Amanita caesarea    (Scop.:Fr.) Pers. 

common name(s) : Caesar's Mushroom 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Amanitaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Amanitaceae [sub-genus:Amanita section:Caesareae ]  

edibility : edible, good

photo gallery of Amanita caesarea
photo gallery of Amanita caesarea potential confusions with Amanita caesarea toxicity of Amanita caesarea genus Amanita  

The cap is orange-red to yellow; its margin is striate. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is full then hollow, bulbous, with a white sheathing volva, and a membranous striate ring.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild, pleasant, nutty; the odour is mild; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are yellow, free, crowded . The spore print is yellowish to white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved woods, in warm places, on a rather acid soil, with oak, chestnut, beech, pine, hazel.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 14 cm (between 5 and 25 cm)
  height of stem approximately 12 cm (between 5 and 20 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 25 mm (between 15 and 30 mm)

Distinctive features : entirely orange, except for the volva which is white; stem with ring; likes hot places, very rare in northern countries

Amanita caesarea is quite rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Amanita caesarea in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Amanita caesarea in the forest of Rambouillet



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