Fly Agaric vs Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Amanita muscaria compared with Nephelomys moerex

Key Differences

• Fly Agaric is Least Concern while Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Cricetidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Nephelomys
Species	Amanita muscaria	Nephelomys moerex

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
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).

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

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.