Big-Leaf Maple vs Pine Jelly

Acer macrophyllum compared with Exidia saccharina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Pine Jelly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Auriculariales (Auriculariales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Auriculariaceae
Genus	Acer	Exidia
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Exidia saccharina

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Pine Jelly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Pine Jelly
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

Habitat

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

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.