Big Smoky Bracket vs Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Solisorex pearsoni

Key Differences

• Big Smoky Bracket is Least Concern while Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Phanerochaetaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Bjerkandera	Solisorex
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Solisorex pearsoni

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew
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).

Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew

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.