Crowned Tooth vs False Serotine Bat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Hesperoptenus doriae

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	False Serotine Bat
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	Hesperoptenus
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Hesperoptenus doriae

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	False Serotine Bat
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.

False Serotine Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.