chainfruit vs Cowberry Redleaf

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Exobasidium vaccinii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Cowberry Redleaf
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Exobasidiaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Exobasidium
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Exobasidium vaccinii

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Cowberry Redleaf

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Cowberry Redleaf
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Cowberry Redleaf

Habitat

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

Range

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

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.