blunt tellin vs Greyling Bracket

Arcopagia crassa compared with Postia tephroleuca

Key Differences

• blunt tellin is Vulnerable while Greyling Bracket is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blunt tellin	Greyling Bracket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Cardiida (Cardiida)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Tellinidae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Arcopagia	Postia
Species	Arcopagia crassa	Postia tephroleuca

Conservation Status

blunt tellin

VU — Vulnerable

Greyling Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blunt tellin	Greyling Bracket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

blunt tellin

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Greyling Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Brazil).

blunt tellin

The Blunt tellin (Arcopagia crassa) is a species in the genus Arcopagia. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden