Boreal Button Lichen vs Leon Marino de Galápagos

Buellia disciformis compared with Zalophus wollebaeki

Key Differences

• Boreal Button Lichen is Critically Endangered while Leon Marino de Galápagos is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boreal Button Lichen	Leon Marino de Galápagos
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Caliciales (Caliciales)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Caliciaceae	Otariidae
Genus	Buellia	Zalophus
Species	Buellia disciformis	Zalophus wollebaeki

Conservation Status

Boreal Button Lichen

CR — Critically Endangered

Leon Marino de Galápagos

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boreal Button Lichen	Leon Marino de Galápagos
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boreal Button Lichen

Habitat

Inhabits temperate broadleaf and mixed forests and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Leon Marino de Galápagos

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Boreal Button Lichen

The Boreal Button Lichen (Buellia disciformis) is a species in the genus Buellia. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate broadleaf and mixed forests and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.