Alectryon vs Granular Mottled-Disk Lichen

Alectryon tropicus compared with Trapeliopsis granulosa

Key Differences

• Alectryon is Near Threatened while Granular Mottled-Disk Lichen is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alectryon	Granular Mottled-Disk Lichen
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Baeomycetales (Baeomycetales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Trapeliaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Trapeliopsis
Species	Alectryon tropicus	Trapeliopsis granulosa

Conservation Status

Alectryon

NT — Near Threatened

Granular Mottled-Disk Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alectryon	Granular Mottled-Disk Lichen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alectryon

Habitat

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

Granular Mottled-Disk Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

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

Alectryon

The Alectryon (Alectryon tropicus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.