Big-Leaf Maple vs Pine Jelly Spot

Acer macrophyllum compared with Dacrymyces ovisporus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Pine 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 ovisporus

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Pine Jelly Spot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Pine 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.

Pine Jelly Spot

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across 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.