Blue-Girdled Webcap vs Jamaican fruit bat

Cortinarius collinitus compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Blue-Girdled Webcap Jamaican 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 Cortinariaceae Phyllostomidae
Genus Cortinarius Artibeus
Species Cortinarius collinitus Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Blue-Girdled Webcap

LC — Least Concern

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Blue-Girdled Webcap Jamaican fruit bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-Girdled Webcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Blue-Girdled Webcap

The Blue Girdled Webcap (Cortinarius collinitus) is a species in the genus Cortinarius. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Jamaican fruit bat

No description available.

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