Banded Amanita vs Variable Abalone

Amanita battarrae compared with Haliotis varia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Amanita	Variable Abalone
Kingdom	Fungi (เห็ดรา)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Mollusca (มอลลัสกา)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Gastropoda (ชั้นแกสโทรโพดา)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Lepetellida (Lepetellida)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Haliotidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Haliotis
Species	Amanita battarrae	Haliotis varia

Conservation Status

Banded Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Variable Abalone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Amanita	Variable Abalone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Amanita

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Variable Abalone

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Sri Lanka and Taiwan.

Banded Amanita

The Banded Amanita (Amanita battarrae) is a species in the genus Amanita. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.