Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Andrena humilis

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while Buff-tailed Mining Bee is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Bankeraceae	Andrenidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Andrena
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Andrena humilis

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Buff-tailed Mining Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

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

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

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.

Buff-tailed Mining Bee

The Buff-Tailed Mining Bee (Andrena humilis) is a species in the genus Andrena. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.