Black Tea-tree vs Fly Agaric

Melaleuca bracteata compared with Amanita muscaria

Key Differences

• Black Tea-tree is Data Deficient while Fly Agaric is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Tea-tree	Fly Agaric
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Fungi (菌界)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)
Class	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)
Order	Myrtales (フトモモ目)	Agaricales (ハラタケ目)
Family	Myrtaceae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Melaleuca	Amanita (Amanitas)
Species	Melaleuca bracteata	Amanita muscaria

Conservation Status

Black Tea-tree

DD — Data Deficient

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Tea-tree	Fly Agaric
Diet	—	Decomposer
Average Lifespan	—	1 years
Average Length	—	20 cm
Average Weight	—	100 g

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Tea-tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across India and South Africa.

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).

Black Tea-tree

The Black Tea-tree (Melaleuca bracteata) is a species in the genus Melaleuca. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across India and South Africa.

Fly Agaric

ベニテングタケ（Amanita muscaria）は地球上で最も象徴的で広く知られる菌類であり、北半球の北方林全域に白いいぼのある鮮やかな赤い傘を広げる。童話のような外見とは裏腹に、ムシモールやイボテン酸などの強力な向精神性化合物を含み、中程度の毒性がある。シラカバ、マツ、トウヒと重要な外生菌根共生関係を形成し、無機栄養素と炭素を交換することで北方林の栄養循環に不可欠な役割を担っている。