Bed-jacket vs Ghost Bolete

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Leccinum holopus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Ghost Bolete is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Ghost Bolete
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Boletaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Leccinum
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Leccinum holopus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Ghost Bolete

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Ghost Bolete
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.

Ghost Bolete

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.