Blushing Beard Truffle vs Lomami Red Colobus

Rhizopogon roseolus compared with Piliocolobus parmentieri

Key Differences

• Blushing Beard Truffle is Data Deficient while Lomami Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Beard Truffle	Lomami Red Colobus
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boletales (Boletales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Rhizopogonaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Rhizopogon	Piliocolobus
Species	Rhizopogon roseolus	Piliocolobus parmentieri

Conservation Status

Blushing Beard Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Lomami Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Beard Truffle	Lomami Red Colobus
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).

Lomami Red Colobus

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.