Crowned Tooth vs Eastern broad-toothed field mouse

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Apodemus mystacinus

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Eastern broad-toothed field mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Eastern broad-toothed field mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Apodemus
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Apodemus mystacinus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Eastern broad-toothed field mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Eastern broad-toothed field mouse
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.