vs Golden Spiny Mouse

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Acomys russatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Golden Spiny Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Niaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Flagelloscypha	Acomys
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Acomys russatus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Golden Spiny Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Golden Spiny Mouse
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.

Golden Spiny Mouse

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.