Mountain Webcap vs New Guinean Quoll

Cortinarius alpinus compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Mountain Webcap is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Webcap	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Cortinariaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Cortinarius	Dasyurus
Species	Cortinarius alpinus	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Conservation Status

Mountain Webcap

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Webcap	New Guinean Quoll
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Webcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.