Bitter Tooth vs Greater Chinese Mole

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Euroscaptor grandis

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Greater Chinese Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Greater Chinese Mole
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Bankeraceae	Talpidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Euroscaptor
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Euroscaptor grandis

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Greater Chinese Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Greater Chinese Mole
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.

Greater Chinese Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.