Aromatic Knight vs Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Tricholoma lascivum compared with Calomyscus hotsoni

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Aromatic Knight	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Tricholomataceae	Calomyscidae
Genus	Tricholoma	Calomyscus
Species	Tricholoma lascivum	Calomyscus hotsoni

Conservation Status

Aromatic Knight

LC — Least Concern

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Aromatic Knight	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Aromatic Knight

Habitat

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

Range

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

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Aromatic Knight

The Aromatic Knight, Tricholoma lascivum, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.