Beggar'S-Buttons vs Bitter Tooth

Arctium lappa compared with Hydnellum scabrosum

Key Differences

Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Bitter Tooth
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Arctium	Hydnellum
Species	Arctium lappa	Hydnellum scabrosum

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Bitter Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

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.