chainfruit vs Plated Rock Tripe

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Umbilicaria muehlenbergii

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Plated Rock Tripe is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Plated Rock Tripe
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Umbilicariales (Umbilicariales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Umbilicariaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Umbilicaria
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Umbilicaria muehlenbergii

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Plated Rock Tripe

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Plated Rock Tripe
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Plated Rock Tripe

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway 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.