Big Smoky Bracket vs Harlequin Bat

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Scotomanes ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Harlequin Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Phanerochaetaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Bjerkandera	Scotomanes
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Scotomanes ornatus

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Harlequin Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Harlequin Bat
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).

Harlequin Bat

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.