Brown Cobblestone Lichen vs Seagrape

Acarospora fuscata compared with Coccoloba uvifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Cobblestone Lichen	Seagrape
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Acarosporales (Acarosporales)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Acarosporaceae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Acarospora	Coccoloba
Species	Acarospora fuscata	Coccoloba uvifera

Conservation Status

Brown Cobblestone Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Seagrape

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Cobblestone Lichen	Seagrape
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Cobblestone Lichen

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and United States.

Seagrape

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Brown Cobblestone Lichen

The Brown Cobblestone Lichen (Acarospora fuscata) is a species in the genus Acarospora. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.