Bitter Tooth vs black-calabash

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Amphitecna latifolia

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while black-calabash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	black-calabash
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Bankeraceae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Hydnellum	Amphitecna
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Amphitecna latifolia

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	black-calabash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

black-calabash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

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.

black-calabash

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