Bed-jacket vs Elm Leech

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Hypsizygus ulmarius

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Elm Leech is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Elm Leech
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Sapindaceae	Lyophyllaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Hypsizygus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Hypsizygus ulmarius

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Elm Leech

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Elm Leech
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.

Elm Leech

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.