Fly Agaric vs robust pillar snail

Amanita muscaria compared with Cochlicopa nitens

Key Differences

Fly Agaric is Least Concern while robust pillar snail is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	robust pillar snail
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)	Cochlicopidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Cochlicopa
Species	Amanita muscaria	Cochlicopa nitens

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

robust pillar snail

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	robust pillar snail
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).

robust pillar snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, France, and Sweden. 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.