Blushing Wood Mushroom vs Devil's backbone

Agaricus sylvaticus compared with Kalanchoe daigremontiana

Key Differences

• Blushing Wood Mushroom is Least Concern while Devil's backbone is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Devil's backbone
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Crassulaceae
Genus	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)	Kalanchoe
Species	Agaricus sylvaticus	Kalanchoe daigremontiana

Conservation Status

Blushing Wood Mushroom

LC — Least Concern

Devil's backbone

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Devil's backbone
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).

Devil's backbone

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Colombia, Peru, Venezuela).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇵🇹 Portugal 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇸 United States