vs Coastal Mushoom

Asperococcus ensiformis compared with Agaricus litoralis

Key Differences

  • is Data Deficient while Coastal Mushoom is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Coastal Mushoom
Kingdom Chromista (クロミスタ) Fungi (菌界)
Phylum Ochrophyta (オクロ植物) Basidiomycota (担子菌門)
Class Phaeophyceae (褐藻) Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)
Order Ectocarpales (Ectocarpales) Agaricales (ハラタケ目)
Family Chordariaceae Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus Asperococcus Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)
Species Asperococcus ensiformis Agaricus litoralis

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Coastal Mushoom

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Coastal Mushoom
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, New Zealand, and Norway.

Coastal Mushoom

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

アスペロコッカス・エンシフォルミス(Asperococcus ensiformis)は北大西洋・地中海沿岸の岩礁基質に付着する管状〜扁平な茶藻類で、細長い袋状〜剣形の葉状体を形成する。潮間帯から浅い潮下帯の波浪暴露域の岩石・大型藻類に着生する光合成植物である。コンブ目に近縁な褐藻類として、沿岸生態系の一次生産者として機能している。

Coastal Mushoom

Agaricus litoralis, the coastal mushroom, is a saprotrophic agaric fungus in the family Agaricaceae occurring in sand dunes, coastal grassland, and sandy soil habitats along the coasts of northwestern Europe, with confirmed records from Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The genus Agaricus contains the familiar cultivated button mushroom (A. bisporus) along with hundreds of wild species, and members are characterized by a ring on the stem and browning, discoloring, or non-discoloring flesh when cut, features used in field identification. Agaricus litoralis is a medium-sized mushroom producing white to cream-colored caps 4–10 centimeters across with pinkish then dark brown gills and a stout stem with a double ring, fruiting in sand dune hollows and the grassy margins of coastal habitats from summer through autumn. The specific epithet litoralis refers directly to its coastal habitat preference. As a saprotroph, it decomposes organic matter in the sandy soil substrate, releasing nutrients back into the ecosystem. The species is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, being relatively widespread in suitable coastal sandy habitat across northwestern Europe. Like many coastal fungi, it is specifically adapted to the nutrient-poor, well-drained, alkaline conditions of stabilized sand dune systems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

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