Fly Agaric vs rose-scent geranium

Amanita muscaria compared with Pelargonium graveolens

Key Differences

Fly Agaric is Least Concern while rose-scent geranium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	rose-scent geranium
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Geraniales (Geraniales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Geraniaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Pelargonium
Species	Amanita muscaria	Pelargonium graveolens

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

rose-scent geranium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	rose-scent geranium
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).

rose-scent geranium

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal, Spain, Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.