Blewit vs Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Lepista nuda compared with Cynopterus sphinx

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blewit	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Tricholomataceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Lepista	Cynopterus
Species	Lepista nuda	Cynopterus sphinx

Conservation Status

Blewit

LC — Least Concern

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blewit	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blewit

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).

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Blewit

The Blewit (Lepista nuda) is a species in the genus Lepista. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.