Blackboard Tree vs White Truffle

Alstonia scholaris compared with Choiromyces meandriformis

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while White Truffle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	White Truffle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Tuberaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Choiromyces
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Choiromyces meandriformis

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

White Truffle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	White Truffle
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.

White Truffle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.

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.