Caesar's mushroom
Amanita caesarea (Scop.) Pers.
Description
An orange cap, yellow gills and stem, and a large white cup. It lives in warm woods of southern Europe. It shares its genus with several deadly species.
Curiosity
It takes its name from its fame at the tables of Roman emperors.
Mistaken for
- Amanita muscaria — Poisonous
- Amanita phalloides — Deadly
