Big-Leaf Maple vs Confusing Fold Truffle

Acer macrophyllum compared with Hydnotrya confusa

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Confusing Fold Truffle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Confusing Fold 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	Discinaceae
Genus	Acer	Hydnotrya
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Hydnotrya confusa

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Confusing Fold Truffle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Confusing Fold Truffle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

Confusing Fold Truffle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.