Black-Staining Polypore vs Brush-tailed Mulgara

Meripilus sumstinei compared with Dasycercus blythi

Key Differences

• Black-Staining Polypore is Not Evaluated while Brush-tailed Mulgara is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Staining Polypore	Brush-tailed Mulgara
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Meripilaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Meripilus	Dasycercus
Species	Meripilus sumstinei	Dasycercus blythi

Conservation Status

Black-Staining Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Brush-tailed Mulgara

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Staining Polypore	Brush-tailed Mulgara
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-Staining Polypore

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Brush-tailed Mulgara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black-Staining Polypore

The Black-Staining Polypore (Meripilus sumstinei) is a species in the genus Meripilus. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Brush-tailed Mulgara

The Brush-tailed Mulgara (Dasycercus blythi) is a species in the genus Dasycercus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.