Hottentot Golden Mole vs

Amblysomus hottentotus compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

• Hottentot Golden Mole is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hottentot Golden Mole
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Chrysochloridae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Amblysomus	Postia
Species	Amblysomus hottentotus	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Hottentot Golden Mole

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hottentot Golden Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hottentot Golden Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.