Big Smoky Bracket vs Losea Rat

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Rattus losea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Losea Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Phanerochaetaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Bjerkandera	Rattus
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Rattus losea

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Losea Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Losea Rat
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).

Losea Rat

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.