Blushing Beard Truffle vs Crabeater seal

Rhizopogon roseolus compared with Lobodon carcinophaga

Key Differences

• Blushing Beard Truffle is Data Deficient while Crabeater seal is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Beard Truffle	Crabeater seal
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boletales (Boletales)	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)
Family	Rhizopogonaceae	Phocidae (True Seals)
Genus	Rhizopogon	Lobodon
Species	Rhizopogon roseolus	Lobodon carcinophaga

Conservation Status

Blushing Beard Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Beard Truffle	Crabeater seal
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blushing Beard Truffle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

Crabeater seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blushing Beard Truffle

The Blushing Beard Truffle (Rhizopogon roseolus) is a species in the genus Rhizopogon. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.