Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Brown-veined Wainscot

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Archanara dissoluta

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while Brown-veined Wainscot is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Brown-veined Wainscot
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Bankeraceae	Noctuidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Archanara
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Archanara dissoluta

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Brown-veined Wainscot

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Brown-veined Wainscot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

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

Brown-veined Wainscot

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.

Brown-veined Wainscot

The Brown-veined Wainscot (Archanara dissoluta) is a species in the genus Archanara. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.