False Puffball vs Hare's-tail

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Lagurus ovatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Hare's-tail
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (mamalia)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Rodentia (hewan pengerat)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Reticularia	Lagurus
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Lagurus ovatus

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Hare's-tail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Hare's-tail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Puffball

Habitat

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

Range

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

Hare's-tail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Ecuador).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 7 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States