vs Lemming Mountain Vole

Hyphoderma occidentale compared with Alticola lemminus

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while Lemming Mountain Vole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Lemming 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 lemminus

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Lemming Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Lemming 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.

Lemming 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.