False Morel vs Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Gyromitra esculenta compared with Artibeus hirsutus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Morel	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Discinaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Gyromitra	Artibeus
Species	Gyromitra esculenta	Artibeus hirsutus

Conservation Status

False Morel

LC — Least Concern

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Morel	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Morel

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.