vs Hubbs’s Beaked Whale

Biscogniauxia repanda compared with Mesoplodon carlhubbsi

Key Differences

• is Vulnerable while Hubbs’s Beaked Whale is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Hubbs’s Beaked Whale
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)	Mammalia (mamalia)
Order	Xylariales (Xylariales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Graphostromataceae	Hyperoodontidae
Genus	Biscogniauxia	Mesoplodon
Species	Biscogniauxia repanda	Mesoplodon carlhubbsi

Conservation Status

VU — Vulnerable

Hubbs’s Beaked Whale

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Hubbs’s Beaked Whale
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Hubbs’s Beaked Whale

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Biscogniauxia repanda is a pyrenomycete fungus producing flat, crust-like stromata with embedded perithecia on dead hardwood bark. It inhabits temperate and Mediterranean forests, growing on dead branches and stems of oak, chestnut, and other hardwood trees. This saprotrophic ascomycete decomposes dead hardwood and colonizes stressed or damaged trees.