Brown Puffball vs False Serotine Bat

Bovista nigrescens compared with Hesperoptenus doriae

Key Differences

• Brown Puffball is Least Concern while False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Puffball	False Serotine Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lycoperdaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Bovista	Hesperoptenus
Species	Bovista nigrescens	Hesperoptenus doriae

Conservation Status

Brown Puffball

LC — Least Concern

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Puffball	False Serotine Bat
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.

False Serotine Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.