Blue-Girdled Webcap vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Cortinarius collinitus compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

  • Blue-Girdled Webcap is Least Concern while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Blue-Girdled Webcap Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom Fungi (грибы) Animalia (животные)
Phylum Basidiomycota (базидиомицеты) Chordata (хордовые)
Class Agaricomycetes (агарикомицеты) Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order Agaricales (агариковые) Chiroptera (рукокрылые)
Family Cortinariaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Cortinarius Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species Cortinarius collinitus Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Blue-Girdled Webcap

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Blue-Girdled Webcap Gray-headed Flying Fox
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-Girdled Webcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blue-Girdled Webcap

The Blue Girdled Webcap (Cortinarius collinitus) is a species in the genus Cortinarius. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Gray-headed Flying Fox

No description available.

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