Fool's Webcap vs Oriental House Rat

Cortinarius orellanus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Fool's Webcap is Data Deficient while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fool's Webcap	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cortinariaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Cortinarius	Rattus
Species	Cortinarius orellanus	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Fool's Webcap

DD — Data Deficient

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fool's Webcap	Oriental House Rat
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.

Oriental House Rat

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati).