Fly Agaric vs Fragrant Bracket

Amanita muscaria compared with Trametes suaveolens

Key Differences

• Fly Agaric is Least Concern while Fragrant Bracket is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	Fragrant Bracket
Kingdom same	Fungi (Fungi)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum same	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class same	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Polyporaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Trametes
Species	Amanita muscaria	Trametes suaveolens

Evolutionary Relationship

Fly Agaric and Fragrant Bracket share a common ancestor at the Class level: Agaricomycetes. (Mushrooms)

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Fragrant Bracket

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	Fragrant Bracket
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).

Fragrant Bracket

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, Mediterranean forests and woodlands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

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