Ascending Grapefern vs Blushing Wood Mushroom

Botrychium ascendens compared with Agaricus sylvaticus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Blushing Wood Mushroom is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Blushing Wood Mushroom
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Botrychium	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Agaricus sylvaticus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Blushing Wood Mushroom

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Blushing Wood Mushroom
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ascending Grapefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Blushing Wood Mushroom

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Ascending Grapefern

Ascending grapefern (Botrychium ascendens) is a species in the genus Botrychium. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Blushing Wood Mushroom

The Blushing Wood Mushroom (Agaricus sylvaticus) is a species in the genus Agaricus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇺🇸 United States