alpine lady's-mantle vs Bitter Tooth

Alchemilla alpina compared with Hydnellum scabrosum

Key Differences

• alpine lady's-mantle is Least Concern while Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine lady's-mantle	Bitter Tooth
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Rosaceae (Rose Family)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Alchemilla	Hydnellum
Species	Alchemilla alpina	Hydnellum scabrosum

Conservation Status

alpine lady's-mantle

LC — Least Concern

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine lady's-mantle	Bitter Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine lady's-mantle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada).

Bitter Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

alpine lady's-mantle

The Alpine lady's-mantle (Alchemilla alpina) is a species in the genus Alchemilla. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada).

Bitter Tooth

The Bitter Tooth (Hydnellum scabrosum) is a species in the genus Hydnellum. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden