Death Cap vs Mound-building Mouse

Amanita phalloides compared with Mus spicilegus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Death Cap	Mound-building Mouse
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)	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Amanita phalloides	Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

Death Cap

LC — Least Concern

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Death Cap	Mound-building Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Death Cap

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile).

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.