Struppiger Misttintling vs Graureiher

Coprinopsis stercorea compared with Ardea cinerea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Struppiger Misttintling	Graureiher
Kingdom	Fungi (Pilze)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Ständerpilze)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Aves (Vögel)
Order	Agaricales (Champignonartige)	Pelecaniformes (Pelecaniformes)
Family	Psathyrellaceae	Ardeidae
Genus	Coprinopsis	Ardea
Species	Coprinopsis stercorea	Ardea cinerea

Conservation Status

Struppiger Misttintling

LC — Least Concern

Graureiher

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Struppiger Misttintling	Graureiher
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	95 cm
Average Weight	—	1.5 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Struppiger Misttintling

Habitat

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

Range

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

Graureiher

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

Struppiger Misttintling

Coprinopsis stercorea is a small, inky cap mushroom growing on herbivore dung and manure-enriched soils, as its species name implies. It inhabits pastures, stables, and woodland areas with dung deposits across temperate regions of Europe and North America. This coprophilous saprotrophic fungus decomposes dung organic matter and autodigests its cap as spores mature.

Graureiher

A large, elegant wading bird reaching up to 1 meter in height, gray herons inhabit wetlands, rivers, lakes, and coastal areas across Europe, Asia, and Africa. Patient, solitary hunters, they stand motionless for long periods before striking fish, frogs, and small mammals with lightning-fast dagger bill strikes. They nest colonially in tall trees in rookeries called heronries, sometimes shared with other colonial waterbirds. Widely distributed and of Least Concern globally.