Fool'S Mushroom vs Great Fruit-eating Bat

Amanita verna compared with Artibeus lituratus

Key Differences

• Fool'S Mushroom is Not Evaluated while Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fool'S Mushroom	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Artibeus
Species	Amanita verna	Artibeus lituratus

Conservation Status

Fool'S Mushroom

NE — Not Evaluated

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fool'S Mushroom	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fool'S Mushroom

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.