vs Gray Birch Mouse

Exobasidium splendidum compared with Sicista pseudonapaea

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Gray Birch Mouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Gray Birch Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Exobasidiaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Exobasidium	Sicista
Species	Exobasidium splendidum	Sicista pseudonapaea

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Gray Birch Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Gray Birch Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

Gray Birch Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.