Big Smoky Bracket vs Miller’s Mastiff Bat

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Molossus pretiosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Miller’s Mastiff Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Phanerochaetaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Bjerkandera	Molossus
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Molossus pretiosus

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Miller’s Mastiff Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Miller’s Mastiff 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).

Miller’s Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

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.