Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Home Cup

Alkanna maleolens compared with Peziza domiciliana

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Home Cup is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Home Cup
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Boraginaceae	Pezizaceae
Genus	Alkanna	Peziza
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Peziza domiciliana

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Home Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Home Cup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

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

Home Cup

Habitat

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

Range

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

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.