Acrid Knight vs Castor

Tricholoma aestuans compared with Ricinus communis

Key Differences

• Acrid Knight is Near Threatened while Castor is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Acrid Knight	Castor
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Tricholomataceae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Tricholoma	Ricinus
Species	Tricholoma aestuans	Ricinus communis

Conservation Status

Acrid Knight

NT — Near Threatened

Castor

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Acrid Knight	Castor
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Acrid Knight

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Castor

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (33 countries), Asia (26 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (12 countries).

Acrid Knight

The Acrid Knight (Tricholoma aestuans) is a species in the genus Tricholoma. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems, found across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Castor

The Castor (Ricinus communis) is a species in the genus Ricinus. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and hi

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden