Clustered Domecap vs Lomami Red Colobus

Lyophyllum decastes compared with Piliocolobus parmentieri

Key Differences

Clustered Domecap is Least Concern while Lomami Red Colobus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clustered Domecap	Lomami Red Colobus
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Lyophyllaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Lyophyllum	Piliocolobus
Species	Lyophyllum decastes	Piliocolobus parmentieri

Conservation Status

Clustered Domecap

LC — Least Concern

Lomami Red Colobus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clustered Domecap	Lomami Red Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Clustered Domecap

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

Lomami Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Clustered Domecap

Lyophyllum decastes, the clustered domecap or fried chicken mushroom, is a robust saprotrophic or possibly mycorrhizal basidiomycete in the family Lyophyllaceae that produces large, densely clustered fruiting bodies at the base of dead hardwoods, stumps, or from buried wood and woody debris. The caps are grey-brown to tan, broadly convex to domed, often with wavy margins in crowded clusters. Gills are white to pallid, crowded, and sinuate. It is distributed across the northern hemisphere in broadleaf and mixed forests. L. decastes is edible and considered a choice food mushroom in parts of Europe and Japan, where its firm texture and mild flavor have earned it the English nickname 'fried chicken mushroom.' However, definitive identification requires care, as it can be confused with toxic lookalikes. Molecular studies have revealed that the concept of L. decastes may encompass multiple species or a species complex. The species is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN and is commonly encountered in autumn in temperate woodlands, parks, and roadsides across its wide range.