Big Smoky Bracket vs Large-eared Pied Bat

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Chalinolobus dwyeri

Key Differences

• Big Smoky Bracket is Least Concern while Large-eared Pied Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Large-eared Pied 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	Chalinolobus
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Chalinolobus dwyeri

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Large-eared Pied Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Large-eared Pied 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).

Large-eared Pied 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.