vs Mottle-faced Tamarin

Melanoleuca cognata compared with Saguinus inustus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Mottle-faced Tamarin
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Tricholomataceae	Callitrichidae
Genus	Melanoleuca	Saguinus
Species	Melanoleuca cognata	Saguinus inustus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Mottle-faced Tamarin

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Mottle-faced Tamarin
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Mottle-faced Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Melanoleuca cognata is a medium-sized, brownish mushroom with a buff to ochre-brown cap, crowded pale gills, and a somewhat fibrous stipe. It grows on humus-rich soils in temperate deciduous and mixed forests across Europe and North America. This saprotrophic fungus decomposes leaf litter and buried woody material in woodland soils.