Blue Roundhead vs Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Stropharia caerulea compared with Chiropodomys pusillus

Key Differences

• Blue Roundhead is Not Evaluated while Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Roundhead	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Strophariaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Stropharia	Chiropodomys
Species	Stropharia caerulea	Chiropodomys pusillus

Conservation Status

Blue Roundhead

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Roundhead	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
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.

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

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.