Blushing Wood Mushroom vs Broom

Agaricus sylvaticus compared with Cytisus scoparius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Broom
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Fabaceae
Genus	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)	Cytisus
Species	Agaricus sylvaticus	Cytisus scoparius

Conservation Status

Blushing Wood Mushroom

LC — Least Concern

Broom

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Broom
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blushing Wood Mushroom

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Broom

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Dominican Republic, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

Blushing Wood Mushroom

The Blushing Wood Mushroom (Agaricus sylvaticus) is a species in the genus Agaricus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Broom

The Broom (Cytisus scoparius) is a species in the genus Cytisus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 6 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇸 United States