Bed-jacket vs Dry Rot

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Serpula lacrymans

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Dry Rot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Dry Rot
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Annelida (Segmented Worms)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Polychaeta (Polychaeta)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Sabellida (Sabellida)
Family	Sapindaceae	Serpulidae
Genus	Alectryon	Serpula
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Serpula lacrymans

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Dry Rot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Dry Rot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Dry Rot

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) 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.