Big-Leaf Maple vs Pouch Cup

Acer macrophyllum compared with Peziza saccardoana

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Pouch Cup is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Pouch Cup
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Pezizaceae
Genus	Acer	Peziza
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Peziza saccardoana

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Pouch Cup

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Pouch Cup
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.

Pouch Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.

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.