Black Witches' Butter vs Mérida Brocket

Exidia glandulosa compared with Mazama bricenii

Key Differences

• Black Witches' Butter is Least Concern while Mérida Brocket is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Witches' Butter	Mérida Brocket
Kingdom	Fungi (грибы)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (базидиомицеты)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Agaricomycetes (агарикомицеты)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Auriculariales (Аурикуляриевые)	Artiodactyla (парнокопытные)
Family	Auriculariaceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Exidia	Mazama
Species	Exidia glandulosa	Mazama bricenii

Conservation Status

Black Witches' Butter

LC — Least Concern

Mérida Brocket

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Witches' Butter	Mérida Brocket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Witches' Butter

Habitat

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

Range

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

Mérida Brocket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Black Witches' Butter

The Black Witches' Butter (Exidia glandulosa) is a species in the genus Exidia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, and United States.