Waser vs Crowned Tooth

Alstonia scholaris compared with Hydnellum lepidum

Key Differences

• Waser is Least Concern while Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Waser	Crowned Tooth
Kingdom	Plantae (tumbuhan)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Alstonia	Hydnellum
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Hydnellum lepidum

Conservation Status

Waser

LC — Least Concern

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Waser	Crowned Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Waser

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Crowned Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

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

Waser

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.