chainfruit vs Graceful Tooth

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Hydnellum gracilipes

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Graceful Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Graceful Tooth
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Alyxia	Hydnellum
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Hydnellum gracilipes

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Graceful Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Graceful Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Graceful Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable 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.