Fly Agaric vs Guinea ant

Amanita muscaria compared with Tetramorium bicarinatum

Key Differences

Fly Agaric is Least Concern while Guinea ant is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	Guinea ant
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Arthropoda (artrópodos)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Insecta (insecto)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Hymenoptera (himenópteros)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Formicidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Tetramorium
Species	Amanita muscaria	Tetramorium bicarinatum

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Guinea ant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	Guinea ant
Diet	Decomposer	—
Average Lifespan	1 years	—
Average Length	20 cm	—
Average Weight	100 g	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fly Agaric

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

Guinea ant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Asia (Taiwan, United Arab Emirates), Europe (12 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Chile).

Fly Agaric

El matamoscas (Amanita muscaria) es uno de los hongos más icónicos y reconocibles de la Tierra, con llamativos sombreros rojos con manchas blancas en los bosques boreales del hemisferio norte. A pesar de su apariencia de cuento de hadas, contiene potentes compuestos psicoactivos como muscimol y ácido iboténico y es moderadamente tóxico. Forma simbiosis micorrícicas esenciales con abedules, pinos y abetos, intercambiando nutrientes minerales por carbono y desempeñando roles fundamentales en el ciclo de nutrientes de los bosques boreales.