Big Smoky Bracket vs Mongalla Free-tailed Bat

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Mops demonstrator

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Mongalla Free-tailed 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	Mops
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Mops demonstrator

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Mongalla Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Mongalla Free-tailed 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).

Mongalla Free-tailed 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.