Fly Agaric vs Tumbling Puffball

Amanita muscaria compared with Bovista pila

Key Differences

Fly Agaric is Least Concern while Tumbling Puffball is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	Tumbling Puffball
Kingdom same	Fungi (菌界)	Fungi (菌界)
Phylum same	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)
Class same	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)
Order same	Agaricales (ハラタケ目)	Agaricales (ハラタケ目)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Lycoperdaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Bovista
Species	Amanita muscaria	Bovista pila

Evolutionary Relationship

Fly Agaric and Tumbling Puffball share a common ancestor at the Order level: Agaricales. (ハラタケ目)

表示 Order: Agaricales

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Tumbling Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	Tumbling Puffball
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).

Tumbling Puffball

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and 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。