False Turkey-Tail vs Little Red Flying Fox

Stereum ostrea compared with Pteropus scapulatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Turkey-Tail	Little Red 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 scapulatus

Conservation Status

False Turkey-Tail

NE — Not Evaluated

Little Red Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Turkey-Tail	Little Red 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.

Little Red Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.