Crowned Tooth vs Diminutive Serotine

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Eptesicus diminutus

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Diminutive Serotine is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Diminutive Serotine
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Eptesicus
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Eptesicus diminutus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Diminutive Serotine

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Diminutive Serotine
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.