chainfruit vs Fishtail Cup

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Gyromitra leucoxantha

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Fishtail Cup is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Fishtail Cup
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Discinaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Gyromitra
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Gyromitra leucoxantha

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Fishtail Cup

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Fishtail Cup
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Fishtail Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.