Blushing Bride vs Sweet bay

Amanita novinupta compared with Laurus nobilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Bride	Sweet bay
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Lauraceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Laurus
Species	Amanita novinupta	Laurus nobilis

Conservation Status

Blushing Bride

LC — Least Concern

Sweet bay

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Bride	Sweet bay
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.

Sweet bay

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia, India, Taiwan), Europe (14 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), 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.