Bitter Tooth vs Nepalese Field Mouse

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Apodemus gurkha

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Nepalese Field Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Nepalese Field Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Apodemus
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Apodemus gurkha

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Nepalese Field Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Nepalese Field Mouse
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.

Nepalese Field Mouse

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.