vs Great Flying Fox

Coprinopsis kubickae compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Great Flying Fox
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Psathyrellaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Coprinopsis Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species Coprinopsis kubickae Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Great Flying Fox
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Coprinopsis kubickae is a small, ink-cap mushroom in the family Psathyrellaceae, belonging to a genus of autodigestive fungi where the cap deliquesces into a black inky mass at maturity as spores are released. It grows on dung, straw, or decomposing organic matter in agricultural and woodland settings. Assessed as Least Concern, it is found across temperate Europe.

Great Flying Fox

No description available.

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