Blackish Puffball vs chainfruit

Lycoperdon nigrescens compared with Alyxia ilicifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackish Puffball	chainfruit
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Lycoperdaceae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Lycoperdon	Alyxia
Species	Lycoperdon nigrescens	Alyxia ilicifolia

Conservation Status

Blackish Puffball

LC — Least Concern

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackish Puffball	chainfruit
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackish Puffball

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

chainfruit

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Blackish Puffball

The Blackish Puffball (Lycoperdon nigrescens) is a species in the genus Lycoperdon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.