Blackboard Tree vs Painted Suillus

Alstonia scholaris compared with Suillus spraguei

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Painted Suillus is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Painted Suillus
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Suillaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Suillus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Suillus spraguei

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Painted Suillus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Painted Suillus
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.

Painted Suillus

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇸 United States