vs bull-oak

Buellia ocellata compared with Allocasuarina fraseriana

Key Differences

• is Near Threatened while bull-oak is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		bull-oak
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Caliciales (Caliciales)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Caliciaceae	Casuarinaceae
Genus	Buellia	Allocasuarina
Species	Buellia ocellata	Allocasuarina fraseriana

Conservation Status

NT — Near Threatened

bull-oak

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		bull-oak
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

bull-oak

Habitat

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

Buellia ocellata is a crustose lichen with a pale grey to white areolate thallus bearing dark lecideine apothecia surrounded by a paler excipular ring. It inhabits exposed bark of old deciduous trees and smooth-barked conifers in temperate European woodlands. This lichen is sensitive to air quality changes and associated with veteran trees in ancient woodland.

bull-oak

The bull-oak (Allocasuarina fraseriana) is a species in the genus Allocasuarina. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.