Blistering Ammania vs Red Fold Truffle

Ammannia baccifera compared with Hydnotrya tulasnei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	Red Fold Truffle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Lythraceae	Discinaceae
Genus	Ammannia	Hydnotrya
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Hydnotrya tulasnei

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Red Fold Truffle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	Red Fold Truffle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

Red Fold Truffle

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan