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Caesar's mushroom (Amanita caesarea)

Caesar's mushroom prefers the airy parts of dry oak wood or the slightly acid ground under pines. This was a favorite food of the early Roman Caesars. There are a number of look-alikes for which the edibility is unknown.

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