Butterfly-leaf vs Plated Rock Tripe

Adenolobus garipensis compared with Umbilicaria muehlenbergii

Key Differences

• Butterfly-leaf is Least Concern while Plated Rock Tripe is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Butterfly-leaf	Plated Rock Tripe
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Umbilicariales (Umbilicariales)
Family	Fabaceae	Umbilicariaceae
Genus	Adenolobus	Umbilicaria
Species	Adenolobus garipensis	Umbilicaria muehlenbergii

Conservation Status

Butterfly-leaf

LC — Least Concern

Plated Rock Tripe

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Butterfly-leaf	Plated Rock Tripe
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Butterfly-leaf

Habitat

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

Plated Rock Tripe

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Butterfly-leaf

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