Blackboard Tree vs Field Blewit

Alstonia scholaris compared with Lepista personata

Key Differences

Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Field Blewit is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Field Blewit
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Apocynaceae	Tricholomataceae
Genus	Alstonia	Lepista
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Lepista personata

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Field Blewit

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Field Blewit
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Field Blewit

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.

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.