Loose Starweb vs North American Badger

Asterostroma laxum compared with Taxidea taxus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Loose Starweb	North American Badger
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Peniophoraceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Asterostroma	Taxidea
Species	Asterostroma laxum	Taxidea taxus

Conservation Status

Loose Starweb

LC — Least Concern

North American Badger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Loose Starweb	North American Badger
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Loose Starweb

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

North American Badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.