chainfruit vs White Cheese Polypore

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Tyromyces chioneus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	White Cheese Polypore
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Incrustoporiaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Tyromyces
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Tyromyces chioneus

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

White Cheese Polypore

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	White Cheese Polypore
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

White Cheese Polypore

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.