Big Smoky Bracket vs Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Microcebus jollyae

Key Differences

• Big Smoky Bracket is Least Concern while Jolly’s Mouse Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Jolly’s Mouse Lemur
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Phanerochaetaceae	Cheirogaleidae
Genus	Bjerkandera	Microcebus
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Microcebus jollyae

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Jolly’s Mouse Lemur
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).

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

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.