vs Montane Colilargo

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Microryzomys minutus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Montane Colilargo
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Niaceae Cricetidae
Genus Flagelloscypha Microryzomys
Species Flagelloscypha punctiformis Microryzomys minutus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Montane Colilargo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Montane Colilargo
Diet
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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.

Montane Colilargo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.

Montane Colilargo

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