Alder Wrinkle vs Blistering Ammania

Taphrina tosquinetii compared with Ammannia baccifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alder Wrinkle	Blistering Ammania
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Taphrinomycetes (Taphrinomycetes)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Taphrinales (Taphrinales)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Taphrinaceae	Lythraceae
Genus	Taphrina	Ammannia
Species	Taphrina tosquinetii	Ammannia baccifera

Conservation Status

Alder Wrinkle

LC — Least Concern

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alder Wrinkle	Blistering Ammania
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alder Wrinkle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

Alder Wrinkle

The Alder Wrinkle (Taphrina tosquinetii) is a species in the genus Taphrina. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian