Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Eastern Mole

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Bankeraceae	Talpidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Scalopus
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

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

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.