Blushing Bride vs Punktree

Amanita novinupta compared with Melaleuca quinquenervia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Bride	Punktree
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Melaleuca
Species	Amanita novinupta	Melaleuca quinquenervia

Conservation Status

Blushing Bride

LC — Least Concern

Punktree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Bride	Punktree
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.

Punktree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (India, Malaysia, Vietnam), Europe (5 countries), North America (18 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.