Big-Leaf Maple vs

Acer macrophyllum compared with Microbotryum scorzonerae

Key Differences

Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Microbotryomycetes (Microbotryomycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Microbotryales (Microbotryales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Microbotryaceae
Genus	Acer	Microbotryum
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Microbotryum scorzonerae

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple
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.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.

Microbotryum scorzonerae is a smut fungus specifically parasitizing Scorzonera and related plants in the daisy family. It replaces the pollen and ovules of host plants with dark spore masses, reducing host reproduction. This highly specialized pathogen inhabits grasslands and steppe environments where its Scorzonera hosts occur.