Collybia Clouds vs gorilla

Syzygospora mycetophila compared with Gorilla gorilla

Key Differences

Collybia Clouds is Not Evaluated while gorilla is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Collybia Clouds	gorilla
Kingdom	Fungi (菌界)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Tremellomycetes (シロキクラゲ綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Filobasidiales (フィロバシディウム目)	Primates (サル目)
Family	Filobasidiaceae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Syzygospora	Gorilla (Gorillas)
Species	Syzygospora mycetophila	Gorilla gorilla

Conservation Status

Collybia Clouds

NE — Not Evaluated

gorilla

CR — Critically Endangered

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Collybia Clouds	gorilla
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	1.7 m
Average Weight	—	160.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Collybia Clouds

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

gorilla

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.

Collybia Clouds

Syzygospora mycetophila, commonly known as Collybia Clouds, is a fungal species belonging to the genus Syzygospora. This species is notable for being a mycoparasite, meaning it parasitizes other fungal fruiting bodies rather than obtaining nutrients from plant material or decaying organic matter directly. It has been documented across Europe and North America, with records from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden in Europe, and the United States in North America. The species typically grows on or near mushrooms of other species, particularly members of the former genus Collybia, forming distinctive white, cloud-like or granular growths on the host fruiting bodies. This unusual ecological strategy places it among a relatively small group of fungi that have evolved parasitic relationships with other fungi. Its conservation status has not been formally evaluated. Dietary behavior in the conventional sense is replaced by its parasitic nutrient acquisition from host fungi. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature. Syzygospora mycetophila is primarily encountered by mycologists surveying woodland habitats where its host fungi are abundant.

gorilla

世界最大の霊長類であるニシゴリラは体重が最大180kgに達し、赤道アフリカの熱帯・亜熱帯の森林に生息する。主に草食性で、群れを守り社会的な対立を仲裁するシルバーバック雄が率いる家族集団を形成する。森林破壊、食肉目的の密猟、エボラウイルス感染症の流行により脅威にさらされており、近絶滅種（CR）に指定されている。