Crowned Tooth vs Eastern Mole

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Bankeraceae	Talpidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Scalopus
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Eastern Mole
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.

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.