Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Northern tamandua

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Tamandua mexicana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Northern tamandua
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Pilosa (Sloths & Anteaters)
Family	Bankeraceae	Myrmecophagidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Tamandua
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Tamandua mexicana

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Northern tamandua

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Northern tamandua
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 tamandua

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.