Fool's Webcap vs Jamaican fruit bat

Cortinarius orellanus compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Key Differences

• Fool's Webcap is Data Deficient while Jamaican fruit bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fool's Webcap	Jamaican fruit bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cortinariaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cortinarius	Artibeus
Species	Cortinarius orellanus	Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Fool's Webcap

DD — Data Deficient

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fool's Webcap	Jamaican fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fool's Webcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.