Brown Puffball vs Korean Hare

Bovista nigrescens compared with Lepus coreanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Puffball	Korean Hare
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Lycoperdaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Bovista	Lepus
Species	Bovista nigrescens	Lepus coreanus

Conservation Status

Brown Puffball

LC — Least Concern

Korean Hare

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Puffball	Korean Hare
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.

Korean Hare

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.