vs One-striped opossum

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Monodelphis unistriata

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while One-striped opossum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		One-striped opossum
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Niaceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Flagelloscypha	Monodelphis
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Monodelphis unistriata

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

One-striped opossum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		One-striped opossum
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.

One-striped opossum

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.