vs Gorille de l'Ouest

Coccomyces tumidus compared with Gorilla gorilla

Key Differences

is Not Evaluated while Gorille de l'Ouest is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Gorille de l'Ouest
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Rhytismatales (Rhytismatales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Rhytismataceae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Coccomyces	Gorilla (Gorillas)
Species	Coccomyces tumidus	Gorilla gorilla

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Gorille de l'Ouest

CR — Critically Endangered

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Gorille de l'Ouest
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	1.7 m
Average Weight	—	160.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Norway.

Gorille de l'Ouest

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Congo (Republic), Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Coccomyces tumidus is a small discomycete fungus in the family Rhytismataceae, found decomposing fallen leaves and plant debris in temperate European woodlands. The genus Coccomyces belongs to the order Rhytismatales, a group of ascomycetes that predominantly occupy a saprotrophic niche on dead plant material, though some relatives in the family are pathogenic on living plant hosts. Coccomyces tumidus produces the characteristic small, dark, disc-shaped apothecia typical of the genus, which emerge from or are embedded in the surface of decomposing leaves. The species epithet 'tumidus'—Latin for swollen—likely refers to a distinctive swollen or raised morphology of the stromata or fruiting bodies. This species has been recorded from European forest habitats, where it colonizes the leaf litter layer of deciduous forests, assisting in the physical and chemical breakdown of plant debris. The fruiting bodies produce asci containing ascospores that are dispersed by air currents to infect new substrate during periods of wet weather conducive to spore germination. Coccomyces species as a group present taxonomic challenges due to the small size and morphological similarity of fruiting bodies, and molecular phylogenetic methods have been necessary to clarify species boundaries within the genus. As a decomposer, C. tumidus contributes to carbon and nutrient cycling in European forest ecosystems. Its conservation status has not been assessed by the IUCN.

Gorille de l'Ouest

The world's largest primate, western gorillas weigh up to 180 kg and inhabit the tropical and subtropical forests of equatorial Africa. Primarily herbivorous, living in family groups led by a silverback male who protects the troop and mediates social conflicts. Critically Endangered, with populations threatened by deforestation, poaching for bushmeat, and outbreaks of Ebola virus disease.