Artist'S Bracket vs Japanese Noctule

Ganoderma applanatum compared with Nyctalus furvus

Key Differences

• Artist'S Bracket is Least Concern while Japanese Noctule is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Artist'S Bracket	Japanese Noctule
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Polyporaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Ganoderma	Nyctalus
Species	Ganoderma applanatum	Nyctalus furvus

Conservation Status

Artist'S Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Noctule

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Artist'S Bracket	Japanese Noctule
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).

Japanese Noctule

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.