Bleeding Blue Tooth vs European Mink

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Mustela lutreola

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while European Mink is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	European Mink
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Bankeraceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Hydnellum	Mustela
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Mustela lutreola

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

European Mink

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	European Mink
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

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

European Mink

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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.