vs Pink fairy armadillo

Hyphoderma occidentale compared with Chlamyphorus truncatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Pink fairy armadillo
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Cingulata (Cingulata)
Family	Hyphodermataceae	Dasypodidae
Genus	Hyphoderma	Chlamyphorus
Species	Hyphoderma occidentale	Chlamyphorus truncatus

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Pink fairy armadillo

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Pink fairy armadillo
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.

Pink fairy armadillo

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.