Blushing Wood Mushroom vs Golden-rumped elephant shrew

Agaricus sylvaticus compared with Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Key Differences

• Blushing Wood Mushroom is Least Concern while Golden-rumped elephant shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Golden-rumped elephant shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Macroscelidea (Macroscelidea)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Macroscelididae
Genus	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)	Rhynchocyon
Species	Agaricus sylvaticus	Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Conservation Status

Blushing Wood Mushroom

LC — Least Concern

Golden-rumped elephant shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Golden-rumped elephant shrew
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).

Golden-rumped elephant shrew

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Kenya. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.