floating crystalwort vs Fly Agaric

Riccia fluitans compared with Amanita muscaria

Key Differences

floating crystalwort is Near Threatened while Fly Agaric is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	floating crystalwort	Fly Agaric
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Marchantiophyta (hepáticas)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Ricciaceae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Riccia	Amanita (Amanitas)
Species	Riccia fluitans	Amanita muscaria

Conservation Status

floating crystalwort

NT — Near Threatened

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

floating crystalwort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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).

floating crystalwort

No description available.

Fly Agaric

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.