Meadow Puffball vs Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Lycoperdon pratense compared with Thyroptera discifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meadow Puffball	Peters's Disk-winged Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lycoperdaceae	Thyropteridae
Genus	Lycoperdon	Thyroptera
Species	Lycoperdon pratense	Thyroptera discifera

Conservation Status

Meadow Puffball

LC — Least Concern

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Meadow Puffball	Peters's Disk-winged Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Meadow Puffball

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.