Blushing Bride vs Elephant Palm

Amanita novinupta compared with Borassus aethiopum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Bride	Elephant Palm
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Arecaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Borassus
Species	Amanita novinupta	Borassus aethiopum

Conservation Status

Blushing Bride

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Bride	Elephant Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blushing Bride

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

Blushing Bride

The Blushing Bride (Amanita novinupta) 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.