Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Blue star

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Amsonia orientalis

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while Blue star is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Blue star
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Bankeraceae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Hydnellum	Amsonia
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Amsonia orientalis

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Blue star

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Blue star
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Blue star

Habitat

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

Bleeding Blue Tooth

The Bleeding Blue Tooth (Hydnellum cyanopodium) is a species in the genus Hydnellum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Blue star

The Blue star (Amsonia orientalis) is a species in the genus Amsonia. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.