Blushing Bride vs Prickly Coontail

Amanita novinupta compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Blushing Bride is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Bride	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Ceratophyllum
Species	Amanita novinupta	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Blushing Bride

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Bride	Prickly Coontail
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.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.