Crowned Tooth vs Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Acerodon jubatus

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Golden-capped Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Acerodon
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Acerodon jubatus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Golden-capped Fruit 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.

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.