Brown Puffball vs Honey possum

Bovista nigrescens compared with Tarsipes rostratus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Puffball	Honey possum
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Lycoperdaceae	Tarsipedidae
Genus	Bovista	Tarsipes
Species	Bovista nigrescens	Tarsipes rostratus

Conservation Status

Brown Puffball

LC — Least Concern

Honey possum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Puffball	Honey possum
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.

Honey possum

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.