Blackboard Tree vs Small Chanterelle

Alstonia scholaris compared with Cantharellus minor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Small Chanterelle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Cantharellales (Cantharellales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Hydnaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Cantharellus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Cantharellus minor

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Small Chanterelle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Small Chanterelle
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.

Small Chanterelle

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.