Fly Agaric vs Pine Jelly Spot

Amanita muscaria compared with Dacrymyces ovisporus

Key Differences

Fly Agaric is Least Concern while Pine Jelly Spot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	Pine Jelly Spot
Kingdom same	Fungi (Fungi)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum same	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Dacrymycetes (Dacrymycetes)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Dacrymycetales (Dacrymycetales)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Dacrymycetaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Dacrymyces
Species	Amanita muscaria	Dacrymyces ovisporus

Evolutionary Relationship

Fly Agaric and Pine Jelly Spot share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Basidiomycota. (Club Fungi)

View Phylum: Basidiomycota

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Pine Jelly Spot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	Pine Jelly Spot
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).

Pine Jelly Spot

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.