Fly Agaric vs Piebald Alpine Toad

Amanita muscaria compared with Scutiger maculatus

Key Differences

• Fly Agaric is Least Concern while Piebald Alpine Toad is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	Piebald Alpine Toad
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Amphibia (Anfíbios)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Anura (Frogs & Toads)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Megophryidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Scutiger
Species	Amanita muscaria	Scutiger maculatus

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Piebald Alpine Toad

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	Piebald Alpine Toad
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).

Piebald Alpine Toad

Habitat

Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

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.