Blackboard Tree vs Orange Disco

Alstonia scholaris compared with Aleurodiscus amorphus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Orange Disco
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Stereaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Aleurodiscus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Aleurodiscus amorphus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Orange Disco

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Orange Disco
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.

Orange Disco

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Taiwan, and 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.