chainfruit vs Foxtail Smut

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Urocystis alopecuri

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Foxtail Smut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Foxtail Smut
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Urocystidaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Urocystis
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Urocystis alopecuri

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Foxtail Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Foxtail Smut
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Foxtail Smut

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Sweden.

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.