vs Masked Tita

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Callicebus personatus

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Masked Tita is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Masked Tita
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Niaceae	Pitheciidae
Genus	Flagelloscypha	Callicebus
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Callicebus personatus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Masked Tita

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Masked Tita
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.

Masked Tita

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.