Lacquered Bracket vs Mound-building Mouse

Ganoderma lucidum compared with Mus spicilegus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lacquered Bracket	Mound-building Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Polyporaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Ganoderma	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Ganoderma lucidum	Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

Lacquered Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lacquered Bracket	Mound-building Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lacquered Bracket

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.