Leadebeater s Possum vs

Gymnobelideus leadbeateri compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

• Leadebeater s Possum is Critically Endangered while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Leadebeater s Possum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Petauridae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Gymnobelideus	Postia
Species	Gymnobelideus leadbeateri	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Leadebeater s Possum

CR — Critically Endangered

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Leadebeater s Possum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Leadebeater s Possum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.