Flower-faced Bat vs

Anthops ornatus compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

• Flower-faced Bat is Vulnerable while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flower-faced Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Hipposideridae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Anthops	Postia
Species	Anthops ornatus	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Flower-faced Bat

VU — Vulnerable

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flower-faced Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flower-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.