False Death-Cap vs Long-tailed dunnart

Amanita citrina compared with Sminthopsis longicaudata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Death-Cap	Long-tailed dunnart
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Dasyuridae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Sminthopsis
Species	Amanita citrina	Sminthopsis longicaudata

Conservation Status

False Death-Cap

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Death-Cap	Long-tailed dunnart
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).

Long-tailed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.