Globe Thistle vs

Echinops ritro compared with Neonectria punicea

Key Differences

• Globe Thistle is Not Evaluated while is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Globe Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)	Hypocreales (Hypocreales)
Family	Tenrecidae	Nectriaceae
Genus	Echinops	Neonectria
Species	Echinops ritro	Neonectria punicea

Conservation Status

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Globe Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Estonia, Russia, and United States.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Neonectria punicea is a pyrenomycete fungus in the family Nectriaceae, assessed as Least Concern (LC). It produces bright red or crimson perithecia on dead wood and bark of broadleaf trees. It is a saprotrophic fungus widely distributed in temperate forests across the Northern Hemisphere.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark