Blushing Beard Truffle vs Dwarf Flying Fox

Rhizopogon roseolus compared with Pteropus woodfordi

Key Differences

• Blushing Beard Truffle is Data Deficient while Dwarf Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Beard Truffle	Dwarf Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boletales (Boletales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Rhizopogonaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Rhizopogon	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Rhizopogon roseolus	Pteropus woodfordi

Conservation Status

Blushing Beard Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Beard Truffle	Dwarf Flying Fox
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).

Dwarf Flying Fox

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.