False Death-Cap vs Javan Rusa

Amanita citrina compared with Rusa timorensis

Key Differences

False Death-Cap is Least Concern while Javan Rusa is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Death-Cap	Javan Rusa
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Rusa
Species	Amanita citrina	Rusa timorensis

Conservation Status

False Death-Cap

LC — Least Concern

Javan Rusa

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Death-Cap	Javan Rusa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Death-Cap

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Javan Rusa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Mauritius, New Zealand, and Norway. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.