chainfruit vs Scaly Shadow Lichen

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Phaeophyscia squarrosa

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Scaly Shadow Lichen is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Scaly Shadow Lichen
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Caliciales (Caliciales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Physciaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Phaeophyscia
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Phaeophyscia squarrosa

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Scaly Shadow Lichen

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Scaly Shadow 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.

Scaly Shadow Lichen

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.