Big Smoky Bracket vs Mexican cottontail

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Sylvilagus cunicularius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Mexican cottontail
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Phanerochaetaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Bjerkandera	Sylvilagus
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Sylvilagus cunicularius

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Mexican cottontail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Mexican cottontail
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).

Mexican cottontail

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.