Blue Roundhead vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Stropharia caerulea compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• Blue Roundhead is Not Evaluated while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Roundhead	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Strophariaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Stropharia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Stropharia caerulea	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Blue Roundhead

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Roundhead	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue Roundhead

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and United States.

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blue Roundhead

The Blue Roundhead (Stropharia caerulea) is a species in the genus Stropharia. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.