Blushing Wood Mushroom vs yellow willow

Agaricus sylvaticus compared with Salix lutea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Wood Mushroom	yellow willow
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Salicaceae
Genus	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)	Salix
Species	Agaricus sylvaticus	Salix lutea

Conservation Status

Blushing Wood Mushroom

LC — Least Concern

yellow willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Wood Mushroom	yellow willow
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).

yellow willow

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

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.