Crowned Tooth vs False Water Rat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Xeromys myoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	False Water Rat
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	Xeromys
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Xeromys myoides

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

False Water Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	False Water Rat
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.