vs Lake Baikal Mountain Vole

Hyphoderma occidentale compared with Alticola olchonensis

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while Lake Baikal Mountain Vole is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Lake Baikal Mountain Vole
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Hyphodermataceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Hyphoderma	Alticola
Species	Hyphoderma occidentale	Alticola olchonensis

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Lake Baikal Mountain Vole

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Lake Baikal Mountain Vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Lake Baikal Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hyphoderma occidentale is a corticioid fungus in the family Polyporaceae, assessed as Data Deficient (DD). It grows as a thin, resupinate (crust-like) fruiting body on dead wood in forest habitats. Insufficient data on its distribution and population size make comprehensive conservation assessment difficult.