Delicate Slender Opossum vs

Marmosops parvidens compared with Exobasidium splendidum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Slender Opossum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)
Family	Didelphidae	Exobasidiaceae
Genus	Marmosops	Exobasidium
Species	Marmosops parvidens	Exobasidium splendidum

Conservation Status

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Slender Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delicate Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

Exobasidium splendidum is a parasitic basidiomycete fungus that forms galls and hypertrophied growths on the leaves and stems of host plants in the heath family. It inhabits boreal and montane habitats where Ericaceae shrubs such as Arctostaphylos grow. This parasitic fungus deforms host plant tissue to extract nutrients during its reproductive phase.