Alpine Sulphur-Tresses vs Bladder Wrack

Alectoria ochroleuca compared with Fucus vesiculosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine Sulphur-Tresses	Bladder Wrack
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Parmeliaceae	Fucaceae
Genus	Alectoria	Fucus
Species	Alectoria ochroleuca	Fucus vesiculosus

Conservation Status

Alpine Sulphur-Tresses

LC — Least Concern

Bladder Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine Sulphur-Tresses	Bladder Wrack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpine Sulphur-Tresses

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Bladder Wrack

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Alpine Sulphur-Tresses

The Alpine Sulphur-Tresses (Alectoria ochroleuca) is a species in the genus Alectoria. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region. Distributed across Colombia, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Bladder Wrack

The Bladder Wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) is a species in the genus Fucus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.