Bleeding Blue Tooth vs blunt tellin

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Arcopagia crassa

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while blunt tellin is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	blunt tellin
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Cardiida (Cardiida)
Family	Bankeraceae	Tellinidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Arcopagia
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Arcopagia crassa

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

blunt tellin

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	blunt tellin
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

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

blunt tellin

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

blunt tellin

The Blunt tellin (Arcopagia crassa) is a species in the genus Arcopagia. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.