Long-eared Hedgehog vs

Hemiechinus auritus compared with Mollisia ramealis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Mollisiaceae
Genus	Hemiechinus	Mollisia
Species	Hemiechinus auritus	Mollisia ramealis

Conservation Status

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Mollisia ramealis is a small, grey to olive-grey disc fungus producing cup-shaped apothecia on dead herbaceous and woody plant material. It inhabits temperate forests and hedgerows across Europe, growing on dead twigs and stems. This saprotrophic ascomycete decomposes dead plant tissue in moist forest understory environments.