Black-Staining Polypore vs Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Meripilus sumstinei compared with Onychogalea lunata

Key Differences

• Black-Staining Polypore is Not Evaluated while Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Staining Polypore	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Meripilaceae	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)
Genus	Meripilus	Onychogalea
Species	Meripilus sumstinei	Onychogalea lunata

Conservation Status

Black-Staining Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Staining Polypore	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
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.

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

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.