vs Marley’s Golden Mole

Exobasidium splendidum compared with Amblysomus marleyi

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Marley’s Golden Mole is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Marley’s Golden Mole
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family	Exobasidiaceae	Chrysochloridae
Genus	Exobasidium	Amblysomus
Species	Exobasidium splendidum	Amblysomus marleyi

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Marley’s Golden Mole

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Marley’s Golden Mole
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.

Marley’s Golden Mole

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.