Blushing Bracket vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Daedaleopsis confragosa compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• Blushing Bracket is Least Concern while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Bracket	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Polyporaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Daedaleopsis	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Daedaleopsis confragosa	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Blushing Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Bracket	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blushing Bracket

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blushing Bracket

The Blushing Bracket (Daedaleopsis confragosa) is a species in the genus Daedaleopsis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.