Da xióngmāo vs Clustered Brown Bolete

Ailuropoda melanoleuca compared with Aureoboletus innixus

Key Differences

Da xióngmāo is Vulnerable while Clustered Brown Bolete is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Da xióngmāo	Clustered Brown Bolete
Kingdom	Animalia (动物界)	Fungi (真菌界)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Basidiomycota (担子菌门)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Agaricomycetes (傘菌綱)
Order	Carnivora (食肉目)	Boletales (牛肝菌目)
Family	Ursidae (Bears)	Boletaceae
Genus	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)	Aureoboletus
Species	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Aureoboletus innixus

Conservation Status

Da xióngmāo

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Clustered Brown Bolete

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Da xióngmāo	Clustered Brown Bolete
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	20 years	—
Average Length	1.5 m	—
Average Weight	100.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Da xióngmāo

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

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

Clustered Brown Bolete

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.

Da xióngmāo

大熊猫（Ailuropoda melanoleuca）是中国特有的濒危动物，以其黑白相间的体色和几乎完全依赖竹子的食性而闻名于世。该物种保护状态为易危（VU），是国际野生动物保护的旗舰物种，其种群数量近年来有所回升。

Clustered Brown Bolete

Aureoboletus innixus, the clustered brown bolete, is a mycorrhizal basidiomycete fungus in the family Boletaceae native to eastern North America, particularly associated with oak (Quercus) forests from New England south to the southeastern United States. The fruiting bodies are medium-sized boletes with a brown, velvety to dry cap surface, yellow to olive-yellow pores and tubes on the underside, and a stipe that may have a yellowish ground color with brownish fibrils. A distinctive feature is the tendency to fruit in clustered groups at the base of oak trees, sometimes arising from a shared mycelial cord or attached to each other at the stipe bases. The pores do not blueñ when cut or bruised, distinguishing it from some other boletoid species. A. innixus forms ectomycorrhizal associations with oaks, providing trees with enhanced nutrient and water uptake in exchange for photosynthetic carbohydrates. The species has not been formally evaluated by the IUCN for conservation status. It is considered a relatively uncommon but regularly encountered species in appropriate oak woodland settings in the eastern US.