Grey Puffball vs Ooldea dunnart

Bovista plumbea compared with Sminthopsis ooldea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grey Puffball	Ooldea dunnart
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Lycoperdaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Bovista	Sminthopsis
Species	Bovista plumbea	Sminthopsis ooldea

Conservation Status

Grey Puffball

LC — Least Concern

Ooldea dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grey Puffball	Ooldea dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Grey Puffball

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Ooldea dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.