vs Long-clawed Shrew

Coprinopsis kubickae compared with Sorex unguiculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms) Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family Psathyrellaceae Soricidae
Genus Coprinopsis Sorex
Species Coprinopsis kubickae Sorex unguiculatus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Long-clawed Shrew
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.

Long-clawed Shrew

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.

Long-clawed Shrew

No description available.

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