vs Pilbara ningaui

Melanoleuca cognata compared with Ningaui timealeyi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Pilbara ningaui
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Tricholomataceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Melanoleuca	Ningaui
Species	Melanoleuca cognata	Ningaui timealeyi

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Pilbara ningaui

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Pilbara ningaui
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.

Pilbara ningaui

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.