vs Little Pocket Mouse

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Perognathus longimembris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Little Pocket 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 Heteromyidae
Genus Flagelloscypha Perognathus
Species Flagelloscypha punctiformis Perognathus longimembris

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Little Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Little Pocket Mouse
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
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Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Little Pocket 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.

Little Pocket Mouse

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