Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Northern Bettong

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Bettongia tropica

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while Northern Bettong is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Northern Bettong
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Bankeraceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Bettongia
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Bettongia tropica

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Northern Bettong

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Northern Bettong
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

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

Northern Bettong

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.