Blue-Foot vs Mound-building Mouse

Psilocybe caerulipes compared with Mus spicilegus

Key Differences

• Blue-Foot is Not Evaluated while Mound-building Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-Foot	Mound-building Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Hymenogastraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Psilocybe	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Psilocybe caerulipes	Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

Blue-Foot

NE — Not Evaluated

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-Foot	Mound-building Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-Foot

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blue-Foot

The Blue Foot (Psilocybe caerulipes) is a species in the genus Psilocybe. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.