Blushing Beard Truffle vs Mountain Goat

Rhizopogon roseolus compared with Oreamnos americanus

Key Differences

• Blushing Beard Truffle is Data Deficient while Mountain Goat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Beard Truffle	Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boletales (Boletales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Rhizopogonaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Rhizopogon	Oreamnos
Species	Rhizopogon roseolus	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

Blushing Beard Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Beard Truffle	Mountain Goat
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).

Mountain Goat

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.