Big-Bellied Webcap vs Great Flying Fox

Cortinarius largus compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Big-Bellied Webcap Great Flying Fox
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Cortinariaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Cortinarius Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species Cortinarius largus Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Big-Bellied Webcap

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Big-Bellied Webcap Great Flying Fox
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Bellied Webcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Big-Bellied Webcap

The Big-Bellied Webcap (Cortinarius largus) is a species in the genus Cortinarius. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Great Flying Fox

No description available.

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