Fly Agaric vs Gray Field Slug

Amanita muscaria compared with Deroceras reticulatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	Gray Field Slug
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Mollusca (Moluscos)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Gastropoda (Gastrópodes)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Agriolimacidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Deroceras
Species	Amanita muscaria	Deroceras reticulatum

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Gray Field Slug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	Gray Field Slug
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 Field Slug

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Israel, Sri Lanka, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

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.