Blushing Beard Truffle vs Long-footed Treeshrew

Rhizopogon roseolus compared with Tupaia longipes

Key Differences

• Blushing Beard Truffle is Data Deficient while Long-footed Treeshrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Beard Truffle	Long-footed Treeshrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boletales (Boletales)	Scandentia (Scandentia)
Family	Rhizopogonaceae	Tupaiidae
Genus	Rhizopogon	Tupaia
Species	Rhizopogon roseolus	Tupaia longipes

Conservation Status

Blushing Beard Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Long-footed Treeshrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Beard Truffle	Long-footed Treeshrew
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-footed Treeshrew

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.