Brown Cobblestone Lichen vs Sieva bean

Acarospora fuscata compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Cobblestone Lichen	Sieva bean
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Acarosporales (Acarosporales)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Acarosporaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Acarospora	Phaseolus
Species	Acarospora fuscata	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Brown Cobblestone Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Cobblestone Lichen	Sieva bean
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.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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.