Beeswax Bracket vs Little Red Flying Fox

Ganoderma pfeifferi compared with Pteropus scapulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beeswax Bracket	Little Red 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 pfeifferi	Pteropus scapulatus

Conservation Status

Beeswax Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Little Red Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beeswax Bracket	Little Red Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beeswax Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, and Sweden.

Little Red Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Beeswax Bracket

The Beeswax Bracket (Ganoderma pfeifferi) is a species in the genus Ganoderma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.