Bird's Eye vs Rooting Brownie

Alectryon subcinereus compared with Hypholoma radicosum

Key Differences

• Bird's Eye is Least Concern while Rooting Brownie is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bird's Eye	Rooting Brownie
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Sapindaceae	Strophariaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Hypholoma
Species	Alectryon subcinereus	Hypholoma radicosum

Conservation Status

Bird's Eye

LC — Least Concern

Rooting Brownie

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bird's Eye	Rooting Brownie
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bird's Eye

Habitat

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

Rooting Brownie

Habitat

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

Range

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

Bird's Eye

The Bird's Eye (Alectryon subcinereus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.