Fly Agaric vs hooked-pepperwort

Amanita muscaria compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Fly Agaric is Least Concern while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Fungi (균계)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (담자균류)	Tracheophyta
Class	Agaricomycetes (주름버섯강)	Polypodiopsida (고사리강)
Order	Agaricales (주름버섯목)	Salviniales (생이가래목)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Marsilea
Species	Amanita muscaria	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	hooked-pepperwort
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).

hooked-pepperwort

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 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Fly Agaric

광대버섯(Amanita muscaria)은 지구상에서 가장 상징적이고 잘 알려진 균류로, 북반구 한대림 전역에 걸쳐 흰 반점이 박힌 선명한 붉은 갓을 드러낸다. 동화 같은 외모와 달리 무스시몰과 이보텐산 등 강력한 향정신성 화합물을 함유하며 중등도 독성이 있다. 자작나무, 소나무, 가문비나무와 필수 외균근 공생 관계를 형성하여 무기 영양분을 탄소와 교환하며 한대림 영양 순환에 핵심 역할을 담당한다.