vs Northern Gracile Opossum

Hyphoderma occidentale compared with Gracilinanus marica

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while Northern Gracile Opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Northern Gracile Opossum
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Hyphodermataceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Hyphoderma	Gracilinanus
Species	Hyphoderma occidentale	Gracilinanus marica

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Northern Gracile Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Northern Gracile Opossum
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.

Northern Gracile Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

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.