Lilac Inkcap vs Oriental House Rat

Parasola lilatincta compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Lilac Inkcap is Data Deficient while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lilac Inkcap	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Psathyrellaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Parasola	Rattus
Species	Parasola lilatincta	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Lilac Inkcap

DD — Data Deficient

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lilac Inkcap	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lilac Inkcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Oriental House Rat

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati).