Blushing Wood Mushroom vs Oriental House Rat

Agaricus sylvaticus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (真菌界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (担子菌门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Agaricomycetes (傘菌綱)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Agaricales (伞菌目)	Rodentia (啮齿目)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Agaricus (Button Mushrooms)	Rattus
Species	Agaricus sylvaticus	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Blushing Wood Mushroom

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Oriental House Rat
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).

Oriental House Rat

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati).

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.