Big Smoky Bracket vs Crabeater seal

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Lobodon carcinophaga

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Crabeater seal
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)
Family	Phanerochaetaceae	Phocidae (True Seals)
Genus	Bjerkandera	Lobodon
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Lobodon carcinophaga

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Crabeater seal
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Smoky Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Crabeater seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Big Smoky Bracket

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