Blushing Wood Mushroom vs Shrubby false buttonweed

Agaricus sylvaticus compared with Spermacoce verticillata

Key Differences

• Blushing Wood Mushroom is Least Concern while Shrubby false buttonweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Shrubby false buttonweed
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Rubiaceae
Genus	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)	Spermacoce
Species	Agaricus sylvaticus	Spermacoce verticillata

Conservation Status

Blushing Wood Mushroom

LC — Least Concern

Shrubby false buttonweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Shrubby false buttonweed
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).

Shrubby false buttonweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan, Timor-Leste), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Solomon Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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:

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇸 United States