vs Ornate Flying Fox

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Pteropus ornatus

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Ornate Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Ornate Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Niaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Flagelloscypha	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Pteropus ornatus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Ornate Flying Fox
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.

Ornate Flying Fox

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.