vs Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Coprinopsis phaeospora compared with Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Long-tailed Wattled Bat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Long-tailed Wattled Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Psathyrellaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Coprinopsis	Chalinolobus
Species	Coprinopsis phaeospora	Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Long-tailed Wattled Bat
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-tailed Wattled Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Coprinopsis phaeospora is a small, delicate inky cap mushroom with a pale grey, pleated cap and dark spores. It grows on dung, compost, and nutrient-enriched soils in temperate grasslands and woodland edges across Europe. This coprophilous saprotrophic fungus decomposes organic matter in dung-enriched habitats.