Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Pine Jelly

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Exidia saccharina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Pine Jelly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Auriculariales (Auriculariales)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Auriculariaceae
Genus	Aegilops	Exidia
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Exidia saccharina

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Pine Jelly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Pine Jelly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Pine Jelly

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.