Australian rosewood vs

Alectryon oleifolius compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

• Australian rosewood is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Australian rosewood
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Postia
Species	Alectryon oleifolius	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Australian rosewood

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Australian rosewood
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Australian rosewood

Habitat

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

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Australian rosewood

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

Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.