Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Alkanna maleolens compared with Cladonia pleurota

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Red-Fruited Pixie Cup is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Red-Fruited Pixie Cup
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Boraginaceae	Cladoniaceae
Genus	Alkanna	Cladonia
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Cladonia pleurota

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Red-Fruited Pixie 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.

Red-Fruited Pixie Cup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, Norway, 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.