Black-Staining Polypore vs Blackboard Tree

Meripilus sumstinei compared with Alstonia scholaris

Key Differences

• Black-Staining Polypore is Not Evaluated while Blackboard Tree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Staining Polypore	Blackboard Tree
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Meripilaceae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Meripilus	Alstonia
Species	Meripilus sumstinei	Alstonia scholaris

Conservation Status

Black-Staining Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Staining Polypore	Blackboard Tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-Staining Polypore

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Black-Staining Polypore

The Black-Staining Polypore (Meripilus sumstinei) is a species in the genus Meripilus. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States