Big-Leaf Maple vs Orange Jelly Spot

Acer macrophyllum compared with Dacrymyces chrysospermus

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Orange Jelly Spot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Orange Jelly Spot
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Dacrymycetes (Dacrymycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Dacrymycetales (Dacrymycetales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Dacrymycetaceae
Genus	Acer	Dacrymyces
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Dacrymyces chrysospermus

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Orange Jelly Spot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Orange Jelly Spot
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.

Orange Jelly Spot

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 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