vs White-cheeked Pintail

Coccomyces tumidus compared with Anas bahamensis

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while White-cheeked Pintail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		White-cheeked Pintail
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Rhytismatales (Rhytismatales)	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)
Family	Rhytismataceae	Anatidae
Genus	Coccomyces	Anas
Species	Coccomyces tumidus	Anas bahamensis

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

White-cheeked Pintail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		White-cheeked Pintail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Norway.

White-cheeked Pintail

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Israel), Europe (9 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Coccomyces tumidus is a small discomycete fungus in the family Rhytismataceae, found decomposing fallen leaves and plant debris in temperate European woodlands. The genus Coccomyces belongs to the order Rhytismatales, a group of ascomycetes that predominantly occupy a saprotrophic niche on dead plant material, though some relatives in the family are pathogenic on living plant hosts. Coccomyces tumidus produces the characteristic small, dark, disc-shaped apothecia typical of the genus, which emerge from or are embedded in the surface of decomposing leaves. The species epithet 'tumidus'—Latin for swollen—likely refers to a distinctive swollen or raised morphology of the stromata or fruiting bodies. This species has been recorded from European forest habitats, where it colonizes the leaf litter layer of deciduous forests, assisting in the physical and chemical breakdown of plant debris. The fruiting bodies produce asci containing ascospores that are dispersed by air currents to infect new substrate during periods of wet weather conducive to spore germination. Coccomyces species as a group present taxonomic challenges due to the small size and morphological similarity of fruiting bodies, and molecular phylogenetic methods have been necessary to clarify species boundaries within the genus. As a decomposer, C. tumidus contributes to carbon and nutrient cycling in European forest ecosystems. Its conservation status has not been assessed by the IUCN.

White-cheeked Pintail

White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway