vs Mouse bandicoot

Exobasidium splendidum compared with Microperoryctes murina

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Mouse bandicoot is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Mouse bandicoot
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Exobasidiaceae	Peramelidae
Genus	Exobasidium	Microperoryctes
Species	Exobasidium splendidum	Microperoryctes murina

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Mouse bandicoot

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Mouse bandicoot
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.

Mouse bandicoot

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.