Brown Puffball vs Deer Mouse

Bovista nigrescens compared with Peromyscus maniculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Puffball	Deer Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Lycoperdaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Bovista	Peromyscus
Species	Bovista nigrescens	Peromyscus maniculatus

Conservation Status

Brown Puffball

LC — Least Concern

Deer Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Puffball	Deer Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Puffball

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Deer Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

Brown Puffball

The Brown Puffball (Bovista nigrescens) is a species in the genus Bovista. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.