Bear'S Head Tooth vs Bed-jacket

Hericium americanum compared with Alectryon tomentosus

Key Differences

• Bear'S Head Tooth is Not Evaluated while Bed-jacket is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bear'S Head Tooth	Bed-jacket
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Hericiaceae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Hericium	Alectryon
Species	Hericium americanum	Alectryon tomentosus

Conservation Status

Bear'S Head Tooth

NE — Not Evaluated

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bear'S Head Tooth	Bed-jacket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bear'S Head Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Bear'S Head Tooth

The Bear'S Head Tooth (Hericium americanum) is a species in the genus Hericium. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.