Green Sea Turtle vs

Chelonia mydas compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

• Green Sea Turtle is Endangered while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Reptilia (réptil)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Testudines (Tartaruga)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)	Postia
Species	Chelonia mydas	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

NE — Not Evaluated

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

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.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Green Sea Turtle

A tartaruga-verde (Chelonia mydas) é uma das maiores tartarugas marinhas. Seu nome vem da cor verde da cartilagem e gordura, não do casco.

Postia lowei e um fungo de suporte branco a creme, macio, formando frutificadores anuais em forma de prateleira em madeira de coniferas em decomposicao. Habita florestas boreais e montanas de coniferas, crescendo em troncos caidos mortos e tocos. Este fungo saprotrofico de podridao-marrom decompoe a celulose da madeira de coniferas, deixando uma caracteristica podridao marrom cubica.