Fly Agaric vs Short Sharp-tail Bee

Amanita muscaria compared with Coelioxys afra

Key Differences

• Fly Agaric is Least Concern while Short Sharp-tail Bee is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	Short Sharp-tail Bee
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)	Megachilidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Coelioxys
Species	Amanita muscaria	Coelioxys afra

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Short Sharp-tail Bee

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	Short Sharp-tail Bee
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).

Short Sharp-tail Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Africa (8 countries) and Europe (Luxembourg).

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.