Bootlace worm vs Fly Agaric

Lineus longissimus compared with Amanita muscaria

Key Differences

Bootlace worm is Not Evaluated while Fly Agaric is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bootlace worm	Fly Agaric
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Nemertea (Nemertea)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Pilidiophora (Pilidiophora)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Heteronemertea (Heteronemertea)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Lineidae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Lineus	Amanita (Amanitas)
Species	Lineus longissimus	Amanita muscaria

Conservation Status

Bootlace worm

NE — Not Evaluated

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bootlace worm	Fly Agaric
Diet	—	Decomposer
Average Lifespan	—	1 years
Average Length	—	20 cm
Average Weight	—	100 g

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bootlace worm

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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).

Bootlace worm

The Bootlace worm (Lineus longissimus) is a species in the genus Lineus. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

A amanita-das-moscas (Amanita muscaria) é um dos fungos mais icônicos e reconhecíveis da Terra, exibindo chapéus vermelhos marcantes com verrugas brancas nos bosques boreais do hemisfério norte. Apesar de sua aparência de conto de fadas, contém potentes compostos psicoativos como muscimol e ácido iboténico, sendo moderadamente tóxico. Forma simbioses micorrízicas essenciais com bétulas, pinheiros e abetos, trocando nutrientes minerais por carbono e desempenhando papéis fundamentais na ciclagem de nutrientes nas florestas boreais.