Bed-jacket vs Tree Jelly

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Collema subflaccidum

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Tree Jelly is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Tree Jelly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Peltigerales (Peltigerales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Collemataceae
Genus	Alectryon	Collema
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Collema subflaccidum

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Tree Jelly

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Tree Jelly
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.

Tree Jelly

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as 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.