chainfruit vs Spiral Tarcrust

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Eutypa spinosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Spiral Tarcrust
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Xylariales (Xylariales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Diatrypaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Eutypa
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Eutypa spinosa

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Spiral Tarcrust

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Spiral Tarcrust
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Spiral Tarcrust

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, 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.