Brown Cobblestone Lichen vs utile

Acarospora fuscata compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Brown Cobblestone Lichen is Least Concern while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Cobblestone Lichen	utile
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Acarosporales (Acarosporales)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Acarosporaceae	Meliaceae
Genus	Acarospora	Entandrophragma
Species	Acarospora fuscata	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Brown Cobblestone Lichen

LC — Least Concern

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Cobblestone Lichen	utile
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.

utile

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.