Agarwood vs Orange Tooth

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Hydnellum aurantiacum

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Orange Tooth is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Orange Tooth
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Aquilaria	Hydnellum
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Hydnellum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Orange Tooth

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Orange Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Agarwood

Habitat

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

Range

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

Orange Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

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

Agarwood

The Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) is a species in the genus Aquilaria. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.