Bed-jacket vs Silky Piggyback

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Asterophora parasitica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Silky Piggyback
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	Asterophora
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Asterophora parasitica

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Silky Piggyback

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Silky Piggyback
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.

Silky Piggyback

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.