vs Mountain Water Rat

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Baiyankamys habbema

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Mountain Water Rat
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	Baiyankamys
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Baiyankamys habbema

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Mountain Water Rat
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 Water Rat

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.