Loose Starweb vs Painted Woolly Bat

Asterostroma laxum compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Loose Starweb is Least Concern while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Loose Starweb	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Peniophoraceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Asterostroma	Kerivoula
Species	Asterostroma laxum	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

Loose Starweb

LC — Least Concern

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Loose Starweb	Painted Woolly Bat
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.

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.