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Home » Vegetables » Mushrooms » Wild Mushrooms » Oronge Mushrooms

Oronge Mushrooms

Oronge Mushrooms are wild mushrooms that grow in Europe, particularly in Italy and France. They grow in oak or chestnut forests in small groupings.

Their round, orangish caps are white inside. They have pale yellows stem that are thick and bulbous at the base.

They are very tasty, very rare and highly-prized.

Cooking Tips

Can be eaten raw. The juice it gives off when cooked is an orange colour.

Nutrition

Easily confused with another very poisonous Amanita mushroom.

Language Notes

The name “oronge” comes from the French Provençal word “ouronjo”, which refers to its orange colour.

 

Other names

AKA: Caesar's Mushroom, Imperial Mushroom, Royal Agaric
Scientific Name: Amanita caesarea
Italian: Bolè real, Cucun, Fungo reale, Ovolo buono
French: Amanite des Césars, L'oronge vraie
German: Kaiserling
Spanish: A raiña, Amanita de los Césares, Goringoa, Oronja, Ou de reig, Tana

This page first published: Jul 12, 2004 · Updated: Oct 4, 2020.

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