Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Lowland Tapir

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Tapirus terrestris

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while Lowland Tapir is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Lowland Tapir
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates)
Family	Bankeraceae	Tapiridae
Genus	Hydnellum	Tapirus
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Tapirus terrestris

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Lowland Tapir

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Lowland Tapir
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

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

Lowland Tapir

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. 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.