chainfruit vs Stinking Earthfan

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Thelephora palmata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Stinking Earthfan
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Thelephoraceae
Genus	Alyxia	Thelephora
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Thelephora palmata

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Earthfan

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Stinking Earthfan
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Stinking Earthfan

Habitat

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

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.