Bermuda Maidenhair Fern vs

Adiantum bellum compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

• Bermuda Maidenhair Fern is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bermuda Maidenhair Fern
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Pteridaceae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Adiantum	Postia
Species	Adiantum bellum	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Bermuda Maidenhair Fern

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bermuda Maidenhair Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bermuda Maidenhair Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Bermuda Maidenhair Fern

The Bermuda Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum bellum) is a species in the genus Adiantum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.