Blushing Beard Truffle vs Dark Woolly Bat

Rhizopogon roseolus compared with Kerivoula furva

Key Differences

• Blushing Beard Truffle is Data Deficient while Dark Woolly Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Beard Truffle	Dark Woolly Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boletales (Boletales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Rhizopogonaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Rhizopogon	Kerivoula
Species	Rhizopogon roseolus	Kerivoula furva

Conservation Status

Blushing Beard Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Dark Woolly Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Beard Truffle	Dark Woolly Bat
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).

Dark Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.