Bleeding Oak Crust vs Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Stereum gausapatum compared with Chiropodomys pusillus

Key Differences

• Bleeding Oak Crust is Least Concern while Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Oak Crust	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Stereaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Stereum	Chiropodomys
Species	Stereum gausapatum	Chiropodomys pusillus

Conservation Status

Bleeding Oak Crust

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Oak Crust	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree 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).

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree 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.