vs Flat-headed cat

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Prionailurus planiceps

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Flat-headed cat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Flat-headed cat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Niaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Flagelloscypha	Prionailurus
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Prionailurus planiceps

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Flat-headed cat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Flat-headed cat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Flat-headed cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flagelloscypha punctiformis is a minute, hairy cup fungus with tiny white to cream-colored apothecia bearing distinctive bristle-like hairs on the outer surface. It grows on dead branches and twigs of hardwood trees in temperate European forests. This saprotrophic ascomycete decomposes dead woody plant material in its forest habitat.