False Turkey-Tail vs Great Flying Fox

Stereum ostrea compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• False Turkey-Tail is Not Evaluated while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Turkey-Tail	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Stereaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Stereum	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Stereum ostrea	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

False Turkey-Tail

NE — Not Evaluated

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Turkey-Tail	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Turkey-Tail

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Portugal, Taiwan, and United States.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.