Bed-jacket vs Stinking Truffle

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Tuber foetidum

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Stinking Truffle is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Stinking Truffle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Tuberaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Tuber
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Tuber foetidum

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Stinking Truffle
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.

Stinking Truffle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.