Crowned Tooth vs Frosted Sac-winged Bat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Saccopteryx canescens

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Frosted Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Frosted Sac-winged Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Emballonuridae
Genus	Hydnellum	Saccopteryx
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Saccopteryx canescens

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Frosted Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Frosted Sac-winged 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.