Big-Leaf Maple vs Onion Earthball

Acer macrophyllum compared with Scleroderma cepa

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Onion Earthball is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Onion Earthball
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Sclerodermataceae
Genus	Acer	Scleroderma
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Scleroderma cepa

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Onion Earthball

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Onion Earthball
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.

Onion Earthball

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇺🇸 United States