Blushing Wood Mushroom vs Katung Fa

Agaricus sylvaticus compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Fungi (เห็ดรา)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)	Alstonia
Species	Agaricus sylvaticus	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Blushing Wood Mushroom

LC — Least Concern

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Katung Fa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blushing Wood Mushroom

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Katung Fa

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 Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Blushing Wood Mushroom

The Blushing Wood Mushroom (Agaricus sylvaticus) is a species in the genus Agaricus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.