Crowned Tooth vs Diardi’s Clouded Leopard

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Neofelis diardi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Diardi’s Clouded Leopard
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Bankeraceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Neofelis (Clouded Leopards)
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Neofelis diardi

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Diardi’s Clouded Leopard

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Diardi’s Clouded Leopard
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crowned Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.