beach alectryon vs

Alectryon coriaceus compared with Exobasidium splendidum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	beach alectryon
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Exobasidiaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Exobasidium
Species	Alectryon coriaceus	Exobasidium splendidum

Conservation Status

beach alectryon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	beach alectryon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

beach alectryon

Habitat

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

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

beach alectryon

The Beach alectryon (Alectryon coriaceus) 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.

Exobasidium splendidum is a parasitic basidiomycete fungus that forms galls and hypertrophied growths on the leaves and stems of host plants in the heath family. It inhabits boreal and montane habitats where Ericaceae shrubs such as Arctostaphylos grow. This parasitic fungus deforms host plant tissue to extract nutrients during its reproductive phase.