Bed-jacket vs Dung Cannon

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Pilobolus crystallinus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Dung Cannon is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Dung Cannon
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mucoromycota (Mucoromycota)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mucoromycetes (Mucoromycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Mucorales (Mucorales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Pilobolaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Pilobolus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Pilobolus crystallinus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Dung Cannon

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Dung Cannon
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.

Dung Cannon

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and South America (Brazil).

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.