Bed-jacket vs Layered Cup

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Peziza varia

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Layered Cup is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Layered Cup
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Pezizaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Peziza
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Peziza varia

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Layered Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Layered Cup
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.

Layered Cup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway 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.