Blushing Wood Mushroom vs Crested Oval Sedge

Agaricus sylvaticus compared with Carex cristatella

Key Differences

Blushing Wood Mushroom is Least Concern while Crested Oval Sedge is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Crested Oval Sedge
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)	Carex
Species	Agaricus sylvaticus	Carex cristatella

Conservation Status

Blushing Wood Mushroom

LC — Least Concern

Crested Oval Sedge

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Crested Oval Sedge
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).

Crested Oval Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.