Beautiful Blistered Jelly Lichen vs koala

Collema pulcellum compared with Phascolarctos cinereus

Key Differences

Beautiful Blistered Jelly Lichen is Not Evaluated while koala is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Blistered Jelly Lichen	koala
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Peltigerales (Peltigerales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Collemataceae	Phascolarctidae (Koalas)
Genus	Collema	Phascolarctos (Koalas)
Species	Collema pulcellum	Phascolarctos cinereus

Conservation Status

Beautiful Blistered Jelly Lichen

NE — Not Evaluated

koala

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Blistered Jelly Lichen	koala
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	75 cm
Average Weight	—	10.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beautiful Blistered Jelly Lichen

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Taiwan, and United States.

koala

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, forests, and vegetated habitats.

Range

Found in Australia. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Beautiful Blistered Jelly Lichen

The Beautiful Blistered Jelly Lichen (Collema pulcellum) is a species in the genus Collema. Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

koala

Icônico marsupial do leste e sudeste da Austrália, os coalas pesam até 15 kg e passam até 22 horas diárias dormindo para conservar energia de sua dieta de folhas de eucalipto, com baixo teor calórico. Altamente especializados para processar os compostos tóxicos do eucalipto que matariam a maioria dos outros mamíferos, possuem microbiomas intestinais unicamente adaptados para a destoxificação. Classificado como Em Perigo em 2022, com populações dizimadas pela doença de clamídia, desmatamento e mudanças climáticas.