vs Preuss s Red Colobus

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Piliocolobus preussi

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Preuss s Red Colobus is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Preuss s Red Colobus
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Niaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Flagelloscypha	Piliocolobus
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Piliocolobus preussi

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Preuss s Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Preuss s Red Colobus
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.

Preuss s Red Colobus

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.