Fly Agaric vs Hard Pine

Amanita muscaria compared with Pinus rigida

Key Differences

• Fly Agaric is Least Concern while Hard Pine is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	Hard Pine
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Pinales (Coniferales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Amanita muscaria	Pinus rigida

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Hard Pine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	Hard Pine
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).

Hard Pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States