Matsutake vs Oriental House Rat

Tricholoma matsutake compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Matsutake is Near Threatened while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Matsutake	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	Tricholomataceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Tricholoma	Rattus
Species	Tricholoma matsutake	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Matsutake

NT — Near Threatened

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Matsutake	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Matsutake

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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).