Artist'S Bracket vs Eurasian beaver

Ganoderma applanatum compared with Castor fiber

Key Differences

• Artist'S Bracket is Least Concern while Eurasian beaver is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Artist'S Bracket	Eurasian beaver
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Polyporaceae	Castoridae (Beavers)
Genus	Ganoderma	Castor (Beavers)
Species	Ganoderma applanatum	Castor fiber

Conservation Status

Artist'S Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Eurasian beaver

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Artist'S Bracket	Eurasian beaver
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Artist'S Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Eurasian beaver

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Artist'S Bracket

Artist's bracket (Ganoderma applanatum) is a species in the genus Ganoderma. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Eurasian beaver

O castor-europeu (Castor fiber) é classificado como Vulnerável (VU) na Lista Vermelha da IUCN. Enfrenta alto risco de ameaça no estado selvagem, com populações em declínio e crescente pressão sobre o habitat.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇪 Sweden