Brick Cap vs Chestnut dunnart

Hypholoma lateritium compared with Sminthopsis archeri

Key Differences

• Brick Cap is Least Concern while Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brick Cap	Chestnut dunnart
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Strophariaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Hypholoma	Sminthopsis
Species	Hypholoma lateritium	Sminthopsis archeri

Conservation Status

Brick Cap

LC — Least Concern

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brick Cap	Chestnut dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brick Cap

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States).

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brick Cap

The Brick Cap (Hypholoma lateritium) is a species in the genus Hypholoma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Chestnut dunnart

The Chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a species in the genus Sminthopsis. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.