Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Amanitaceae: Amanita caesarea (Scop.) Pers.

Amanita caesarea – Caesar's amanita

Synonyms: Agaricus aurantiacus, Agaricus aurantius, Agaricus aureus, Agaricus caesareus, Amanita aurantia, Amanita aurantiaca, Fungus caesareus, Venenarius caesareus, Volvoamanita caesarea.

Common name: Caesar's amanita.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Amanita caesarea, commonly known as Caesar's mushroom, is a highly regarded edible mushroom in the genus Amanita, native to southern Europe and North Africa. While it was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, this mushroom was a known favorite of early rulers of the Roman Empire.

Azerbaijani: Sezar amanitası, Basque: Kuleto, Bosnian: Blagva, Breton: Oroñjez, Bulgarian: Булка (гъба), Catalan: Ou de reig, Chinese: 橙盖鹅膏菌, Corsican: Cocca, Czech: Muchomůrka císařka, Esperanto: Oranĝfungo, Finnish: Keisarikärpässieni, French: Oronge, Galician: Amanita dos Césares, Georgian: ნიყვი, German: Kaiserling, Hungarian: Császárgomba, Icelandic: Keisaraserkur, Japanese: セイヨウタマゴタケ, Lithuanian: Karališkoji musmirė, Mingrelian: მარქვალიშ გური, Nepali: सल्ले च्याउ, Persian: قارچ قیصر, Polish: Muchomor cesarski, Romanian: Burete domnesc, Russian: Цезарский гриб, Serbian: Јајчара, Turkish: İmparator mantarı, Ukrainian: Мухомор Цезаря.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Caesar's mushroom (Amanita caesarea) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 19, 2013
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Sam Houston National Forest, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Amanita caesarea group mushrooms on wood chips on a forest cutting in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 14, 2018
Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Gills of Amanita caesarea group mushrooms in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 14, 2018
Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Dissected Amanita caesarea group mushroom in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 14, 2018
Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Young mushrooms Amanita caesarea group collected under cut bushes on a trail in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 14, 2018
Hensel Park Picnic Shelter, College Avenue, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, 77801, United States

Dissected mushrooms Amanita caesarea group on a trail in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, April 14, 2018
Hensel Park Picnic Shelter, College Avenue, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, 77801, United States

Side view of a mushroom Amanita caesarea group in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, November 20, 2018
4300 Culpepper Dr, Bryan, TX 77801, USA

Dissected mushroom Amanita caesarea group in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, November 20, 2018
4300 Culpepper Dr, Bryan, TX 77801, USA

Mushroom Amanita caesarea group on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, April 24, 2020
1200 Ashburn Ave, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Mushroom Amanita caesarea group together with some pale brown gilled mushroom on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, April 24, 2020
1200 Ashburn Ave, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Cross section of a mushroom Amanita caesarea group on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, April 24, 2020
1200 Ashburn Ave, College Station, TX 77840, USA

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