Fly Agaric vs Calderón

Amanita muscaria compared with Lamna ditropis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	Calderón
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Lamniformes (Mackerel Sharks)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Lamnidae (Mackerel Sharks)
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Lamna
Species	Amanita muscaria	Lamna ditropis

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Calderón

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	Calderón
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).

Calderón

Habitat

Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.