Artist'S Bracket vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Ganoderma applanatum compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• Artist'S Bracket is Least Concern while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Artist'S Bracket	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Polyporaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Ganoderma	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Ganoderma applanatum	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Artist'S Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Artist'S Bracket	Gray-headed Flying Fox
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).

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.