Blushing Bride vs Light Red Meranti

Amanita novinupta compared with Shorea lepidota

Key Differences

• Blushing Bride is Least Concern while Light Red Meranti is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Bride	Light Red Meranti
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Shorea
Species	Amanita novinupta	Shorea lepidota

Conservation Status

Blushing Bride

LC — Least Concern

Light Red Meranti

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Bride	Light Red Meranti
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.

Light Red Meranti

Habitat

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

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.