Blushing Wood Mushroom vs Hilograss

Agaricus sylvaticus compared with Paspalum conjugatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Hilograss
Kingdom	Fungi (菌界)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)	Liliopsida (単子葉植物綱)
Order	Agaricales (ハラタケ目)	Poales (イネ目)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)	Paspalum
Species	Agaricus sylvaticus	Paspalum conjugatum

Conservation Status

Blushing Wood Mushroom

LC — Least Concern

Hilograss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Hilograss
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blushing Wood Mushroom

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Hilograss

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (13 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Blushing Wood Mushroom

The Blushing Wood Mushroom (Agaricus sylvaticus) is a species in the genus Agaricus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇸 United States