Big Smoky Bracket vs Formosan Serow

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Capricornis swinhoei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Formosan Serow
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Phanerochaetaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Bjerkandera	Capricornis
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Capricornis swinhoei

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Formosan Serow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Formosan Serow
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).

Formosan Serow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.