Crowned Tooth vs Masked Tita

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Callicebus personatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Masked Tita
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Bankeraceae	Pitheciidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Callicebus
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Callicebus personatus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Masked Tita

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Masked Tita
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.