Bed-jacket vs Snow Lichen

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Stereocaulon glaucescens

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Snow Lichen is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Snow Lichen
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Stereocaulaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Stereocaulon
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Stereocaulon glaucescens

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Snow Lichen

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Snow 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.

Snow Lichen

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.