chainfruit vs Jelly Lichen

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Enchylium tenax

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Jelly Lichen
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Peltigerales (Peltigerales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Collemataceae
Genus	Alyxia	Enchylium
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Enchylium tenax

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Jelly Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Jelly Lichen
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Jelly Lichen

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.