Blushing Beard Truffle vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Rhizopogon roseolus compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• Blushing Beard Truffle is Data Deficient while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Beard Truffle	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boletales (Boletales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Rhizopogonaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Rhizopogon	Hemiechinus
Species	Rhizopogon roseolus	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Blushing Beard Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Beard Truffle	Long-eared Hedgehog
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).

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

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.