blue mud-plantain vs Fly Agaric

Heteranthera limosa compared with Amanita muscaria

Key Differences

blue mud-plantain is Not Evaluated while Fly Agaric is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blue mud-plantain	Fly Agaric
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Pontederiaceae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Heteranthera	Amanita (Amanitas)
Species	Heteranthera limosa	Amanita muscaria

Conservation Status

blue mud-plantain

NE — Not Evaluated

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blue mud-plantain	Fly Agaric
Diet	—	Decomposer
Average Lifespan	—	1 years
Average Length	—	20 cm
Average Weight	—	100 g

Habitat & Geographic Range

blue mud-plantain

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (8 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Fly Agaric

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

blue mud-plantain

The Blue Mud Plantain (Heteranthera limosa) is a species in the genus Heteranthera. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Among the most iconic and recognizable fungi on Earth, fly agaric mushrooms display striking red caps with white flecked warts across boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere. Despite their fairy-tale appearance, they contain potent psychoactive compounds including muscimol and ibotenic acid and are moderately toxic. They form critical mycorrhizal symbioses with birch, pine, and spruce trees, exchanging mineral nutrients for carbon and playing essential roles in boreal forest nutrient cycling.