Black Bent vs Darkfoot Greyling

Agrostis gigantea compared with Tephrocybe fuscipes

Key Differences

• Black Bent is Least Concern while Darkfoot Greyling is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Bent	Darkfoot Greyling
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Lyophyllaceae
Genus	Agrostis	Tephrocybe
Species	Agrostis gigantea	Tephrocybe fuscipes

Conservation Status

Black Bent

LC — Least Concern

Darkfoot Greyling

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Bent	Darkfoot Greyling
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Bent

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (11 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

Darkfoot Greyling

Habitat

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

Black Bent

The Black Bent (Agrostis gigantea) is a species in the genus Agrostis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.