Big Smoky Bracket vs Gilliard's Flying Fox

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Pteropus gilliardorum

Key Differences

• Big Smoky Bracket is Least Concern while Gilliard's Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Phanerochaetaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Bjerkandera	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Pteropus gilliardorum

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Gilliard's Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Gilliard's Flying Fox
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).

Gilliard's Flying Fox

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.