Blushing Beard Truffle vs Ooldea dunnart

Rhizopogon roseolus compared with Sminthopsis ooldea

Key Differences

• Blushing Beard Truffle is Data Deficient while Ooldea dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Beard Truffle	Ooldea dunnart
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boletales (Boletales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Rhizopogonaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Rhizopogon	Sminthopsis
Species	Rhizopogon roseolus	Sminthopsis ooldea

Conservation Status

Blushing Beard Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Ooldea dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Beard Truffle	Ooldea dunnart
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).

Ooldea dunnart

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.