Blushing Wood Mushroom vs Confusing Trillium

Agaricus sylvaticus compared with Trillium simile

Key Differences

• Blushing Wood Mushroom is Least Concern while Confusing Trillium is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Confusing Trillium
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Melanthiaceae
Genus	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)	Trillium
Species	Agaricus sylvaticus	Trillium simile

Conservation Status

Blushing Wood Mushroom

LC — Least Concern

Confusing Trillium

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Confusing Trillium
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).

Confusing Trillium

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.