Fly Agaric vs Smooth hound

Amanita muscaria compared with Triakis maculata

Key Differences

Fly Agaric is Least Concern while Smooth hound is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	Smooth hound
Kingdom	Fungi (菌界)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)	Chondrichthyes (軟骨魚綱)
Order	Agaricales (ハラタケ目)	Carcharhiniformes (メジロザメ目)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Triakidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Triakis
Species	Amanita muscaria	Triakis maculata

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Smooth hound

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	Smooth hound
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).

Smooth hound

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Chile. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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。