Blushing Beard Truffle vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Rhizopogon roseolus compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• Blushing Beard Truffle is Data Deficient while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Beard Truffle	Gray-headed 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 poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Blushing Beard Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Beard Truffle	Gray-headed 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).

Gray-headed 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.