Greyling Bracket vs Lesser Noctule

Postia tephroleuca compared with Nyctalus leisleri

Key Differences

• Greyling Bracket is Least Concern while Lesser Noctule is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greyling Bracket	Lesser Noctule
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Dacryobolaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Postia	Nyctalus
Species	Postia tephroleuca	Nyctalus leisleri

Conservation Status

Greyling Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Noctule

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greyling Bracket	Lesser Noctule
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greyling Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Brazil).

Lesser Noctule

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Sweden, and Ukraine. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden