vs Masked Tita

Hyphoderma occidentale compared with Callicebus personatus

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while Masked Tita is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Masked Tita
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Hyphodermataceae	Pitheciidae
Genus	Hyphoderma	Callicebus
Species	Hyphoderma occidentale	Callicebus personatus

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Masked Tita

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Masked Tita
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.

Masked Tita

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.