vs Mountain Gazelle

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Gazella gazella

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Mountain Gazelle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Mountain Gazelle
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Niaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Flagelloscypha	Gazella
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Gazella gazella

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Gazelle

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Mountain Gazelle
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.

Mountain Gazelle

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.