Blushing Wood Mushroom vs Malayan porcupine

Agaricus sylvaticus compared with Hystrix brachyura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Malayan porcupine
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Hystricidae
Genus	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)	Hystrix
Species	Agaricus sylvaticus	Hystrix brachyura

Conservation Status

Blushing Wood Mushroom

LC — Least Concern

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Malayan porcupine
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).

Malayan porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Norway, and United Kingdom.

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.