vs Green Sea Turtle

Ciboria batschiana compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)	Reptilia (Reptiles)
Order	Helotiales (Helotiales)	Testudines (Turtles & Tortoises)
Family	Sclerotiniaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Ciboria	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Ciboria batschiana	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Green Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Ciboria batschiana is a saprotrophic cup fungus in the family Sclerotiniaceae, distributed across temperate Europe and parts of western Asia. It is one of the more frequently recorded members of the genus and typically fruits in autumn on fallen acorns and mast of oak (Quercus) species, occasionally also on beechnuts and other hard mast. The fruiting bodies are small, stalked discs with a concave to flat spore-bearing surface, ranging from pale buff to chestnut brown, and reaching up to about one centimeter across. The stalk arises from a sclerotium—a compact mass of fungal tissue within the decomposing nut—which enables the fungus to persist through unfavorable conditions. Ciboria batschiana plays a role in the decomposition of hard mast in woodland leaf litter and is categorized as Least Concern. The species is widespread but rarely abundant, and tends to be locally distributed depending on mast production years. It is associated with mature oak and beech woodland across its range. Taxonomic placement within Sclerotiniaceae has been confirmed by molecular studies. As with many small discomycetes, accurate identification requires microscopy to examine spore dimensions, paraphysis morphology, and the character of the excipular tissue. The species name honors the eighteenth-century naturalist August Johann Georg Karl Batsch.