Banded Amanita vs Mastic Thyme

Amanita battarrae compared with Thymus mastichina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Amanita	Mastic Thyme
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Thymus
Species	Amanita battarrae	Thymus mastichina

Conservation Status

Banded Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Mastic Thyme

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Amanita	Mastic Thyme
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.

Mastic Thyme

Habitat

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

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.