Fly Agaric vs Small shell ginger

Amanita muscaria compared with Alpinia mutica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	Small shell ginger
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)	Zingiberales (ショウガ目)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Alpinia
Species	Amanita muscaria	Alpinia mutica

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Small shell ginger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	Small shell ginger
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).

Small shell ginger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in United States.

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。