Beggar'S-Buttons vs Southern Bracket

Arctium lappa compared with Ganoderma australe

Key Differences

• Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Southern Bracket is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Southern Bracket
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Polyporaceae
Genus	Arctium	Ganoderma
Species	Arctium lappa	Ganoderma australe

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Southern Bracket

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Southern Bracket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Southern Bracket

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Portugal, and Taiwan.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇳🇴 Norway 🇹🇼 Taiwan