Banded Amanita vs Eye Bright

Amanita battarrae compared with Heliotropium angiospermum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Amanita	Eye Bright
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Heliotropium
Species	Amanita battarrae	Heliotropium angiospermum

Conservation Status

Banded Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Eye Bright

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Amanita	Eye Bright
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Amanita

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Eye Bright

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Cuba.

Banded Amanita

The Banded Amanita (Amanita battarrae) is a species in the genus Amanita. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.