Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Copper Mushrooom

Anostirus castaneus compared with Agaricus cupreobrunneus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Copper Mushrooom is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Copper Mushrooom
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Elateridae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Anostirus	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Agaricus cupreobrunneus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Copper Mushrooom

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Copper Mushrooom
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Copper Mushrooom

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden