Blushing Webcap vs Little Red Flying Fox

Cortinarius cyanites compared with Pteropus scapulatus

Key Differences

• Blushing Webcap is Data Deficient while Little Red Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Webcap	Little Red Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cortinariaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cortinarius	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Cortinarius cyanites	Pteropus scapulatus

Conservation Status

Blushing Webcap

DD — Data Deficient

Little Red Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Webcap	Little Red Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blushing Webcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Little Red Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blushing Webcap

The Blushing Webcap (Cortinarius cyanites) is a species in the genus Cortinarius. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.