Banded Amanita vs alcarnache

Amanita battarrae compared with Paspalum distichum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Amanita	alcarnache
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Paspalum
Species	Amanita battarrae	Paspalum distichum

Conservation Status

Banded Amanita

LC — Least Concern

alcarnache

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Amanita	alcarnache
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Amanita

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

alcarnache

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 8 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (21 countries), Europe (21 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Banded Amanita

The Banded Amanita (Amanita battarrae) is a species in the genus Amanita. 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 4 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States