Bishop's Mitre vs White Cheese Polypore

Aelia acuminata compared with Tyromyces chioneus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's Mitre	White Cheese Polypore
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Pentatomidae	Incrustoporiaceae
Genus	Aelia	Tyromyces
Species	Aelia acuminata	Tyromyces chioneus

Conservation Status

Bishop's Mitre

LC — Least Concern

White Cheese Polypore

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's Mitre	White Cheese Polypore
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bishop's Mitre

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

White Cheese Polypore

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Bishop's Mitre

The Bishop's Mitre (Aelia acuminata) is a species in the genus Aelia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.