Fly Agaric vs Wrinkled Webcap

Amanita muscaria compared with Cortinarius livido-ochraceus

Key Differences

Fly Agaric is Least Concern while Wrinkled Webcap is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fly Agaric	Wrinkled Webcap
Kingdom same	Fungi (Fungi)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum same	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class same	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order same	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Cortinariaceae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Cortinarius
Species	Amanita muscaria	Cortinarius livido-ochraceus

Evolutionary Relationship

Fly Agaric and Wrinkled Webcap share a common ancestor at the Order level: Agaricales. (Gilled Mushrooms)

View Order: Agaricales

Conservation Status

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Wrinkled Webcap

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fly Agaric	Wrinkled Webcap
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).

Wrinkled Webcap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Norway.

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.