Blushing Wood Mushroom vs Corned Beef Wood

Agaricus sylvaticus compared with Barringtonia calyptrata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Corned Beef Wood
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)	Barringtonia
Species	Agaricus sylvaticus	Barringtonia calyptrata

Conservation Status

Blushing Wood Mushroom

LC — Least Concern

Corned Beef Wood

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Corned Beef Wood
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).

Corned Beef Wood

Habitat

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

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.