Artist'S Bracket vs Northern Bettong

Ganoderma applanatum compared with Bettongia tropica

Key Differences

• Artist'S Bracket is Least Concern while Northern Bettong is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Artist'S Bracket	Northern Bettong
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Polyporaceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Ganoderma	Bettongia
Species	Ganoderma applanatum	Bettongia tropica

Conservation Status

Artist'S Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Northern Bettong

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Artist'S Bracket	Northern Bettong
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).

Northern Bettong

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.