Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen vs New Guinean Quoll

Cladonia merochlorophaea compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Cladoniaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Cladonia	Dasyurus
Species	Cladonia merochlorophaea	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Conservation Status

Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen	New Guinean Quoll
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.