Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen vs Ooldea dunnart

Cladonia merochlorophaea compared with Sminthopsis ooldea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen	Ooldea dunnart
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	Sminthopsis
Species	Cladonia merochlorophaea	Sminthopsis ooldea

Conservation Status

Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Ooldea dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen	Ooldea dunnart
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).

Ooldea dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.