Artist'S Bracket vs Globe Thistle

Ganoderma applanatum compared with Echinops ritro

Key Differences

• Artist'S Bracket is Least Concern while Globe Thistle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Artist'S Bracket	Globe Thistle
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Polyporaceae	Tenrecidae
Genus	Ganoderma	Echinops
Species	Ganoderma applanatum	Echinops ritro

Conservation Status

Artist'S Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Artist'S Bracket	Globe Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Artist'S Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

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

Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Estonia, Russia, and United States.

Artist'S Bracket

Artist's bracket (Ganoderma applanatum) is a species in the genus Ganoderma. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇺🇸 United States