vs Mountain Goat

Hyphoderma occidentale compared with Oreamnos americanus

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while Mountain Goat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Hyphodermataceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Hyphoderma	Oreamnos
Species	Hyphoderma occidentale	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Mountain Goat
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.

Mountain Goat

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.