Fly Agaric vs Timopheev's Wheat

Amanita muscaria compared with Triticum timopheevii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Fly Agaric Timopheev's Wheat
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Plantae (plantas)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms) Poales (Grasses)
Family Agaricaceae (Agarics) Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus Amanita (Amanitas) Triticum
Species Amanita muscaria Triticum timopheevii

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Timopheev's Wheat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Fly Agaric Timopheev's Wheat
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).

Timopheev's Wheat

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.

Timopheev's Wheat

No description available.

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