chainfruit vs Orange Tooth

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Hydnellum aurantiacum

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Orange Tooth is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Orange Tooth
Kingdom	Plantae (نباتات)	Fungi (فطر)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)	Basidiomycota (دعاميات)
Class	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)	Agaricomycetes (غاريقونانية)
Order	Gentianales (جنطيانيات)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Alyxia	Hydnellum
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Hydnellum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Orange Tooth

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Orange Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Orange Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.