Bleeding Oak Crust vs Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Stereum gausapatum compared with Calomyscus hotsoni

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Oak Crust	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Stereaceae	Calomyscidae
Genus	Stereum	Calomyscus
Species	Stereum gausapatum	Calomyscus hotsoni

Conservation Status

Bleeding Oak Crust

LC — Least Concern

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Oak Crust	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Oak Crust

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).

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bleeding Oak Crust

The Bleeding Oak Crust (Stereum gausapatum) is a species in the genus Stereum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.