False Death-Cap vs Northern Ghost Bat

Amanita citrina compared with Diclidurus albus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Death-Cap	Northern Ghost Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Emballonuridae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Diclidurus
Species	Amanita citrina	Diclidurus albus

Conservation Status

False Death-Cap

LC — Least Concern

Northern Ghost Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Death-Cap	Northern Ghost Bat
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).

Northern Ghost Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.