Bath Truffle vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Melanogaster broomeanus compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• Bath Truffle is Least Concern while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bath Truffle	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boletales (Boletales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Paxillaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Melanogaster	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Melanogaster broomeanus	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Bath Truffle

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bath Truffle	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bath Truffle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Norway.

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bath Truffle

The Bath Truffle (Melanogaster broomeanus) is a species in the genus Melanogaster. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.