Bed-jacket vs New Forest Beech-Lichen

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Enterographa elaborata

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while New Forest Beech-Lichen is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	New Forest Beech-Lichen
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arthoniomycetes (Arthoniomycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Arthoniales (Arthoniales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Roccellaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Enterographa
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Enterographa elaborata

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

New Forest Beech-Lichen

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	New Forest Beech-Lichen
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.

New Forest Beech-Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Portugal. 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.