Common Grey Disco vs Jungle Shrew

Mollisia cinerea compared with Suncus zeylanicus

Key Differences

• Common Grey Disco is Least Concern while Jungle Shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Grey Disco	Jungle Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (فطر)	Animalia (حيوانات)
Phylum	Ascomycota (فطريات زقية)	Chordata (حبليات)
Class	Leotiomycetes (ملاسانية)	Mammalia (ثدييات)
Order	Helotiales (مسماريات)	Soricomorpha (زبابيات الشكل)
Family	Mollisiaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Mollisia	Suncus
Species	Mollisia cinerea	Suncus zeylanicus

Conservation Status

Common Grey Disco

LC — Least Concern

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Grey Disco	Jungle Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Grey Disco

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

Jungle Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Common Grey Disco

<em>Mollisia cinerea</em>, commonly known as the common grey disco, is a saprotrophic fungus belonging to the genus Mollisia within the family Mollisiaceae. This species is native to Europe, with a documented range spanning Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden. Common grey disco is assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The species typically produces small, disc-shaped ascocarps with a grey to brownish-grey upper surface, typically emerging on decaying wood and plant debris in moist woodland habitats. As a decomposer, it plays an important ecological role in nutrient cycling within temperate forest ecosystems. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.