Bitter Tooth vs Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Macroglossus sobrinus

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Macroglossus
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Macroglossus sobrinus

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat
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 Long-nosed Fruit Bat

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.