Violetter Rötelritterling vs Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Lepista nuda compared with Urocitellus undulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Violetter Rötelritterling	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Fungi (Pilze)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Ständerpilze)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Agaricales (Champignonartige)	Rodentia (Nagetiere)
Family	Tricholomataceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Lepista	Urocitellus
Species	Lepista nuda	Urocitellus undulatus

Conservation Status

Violetter Rötelritterling

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Violetter Rötelritterling	Long-tailed Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Violetter Rötelritterling

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Long-tailed Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Violetter Rötelritterling

The Blewit (Lepista nuda) is a species in the genus Lepista. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.