Crowned Tooth vs mountain gorilla

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Gorilla beringei

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while mountain gorilla is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	mountain gorilla
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Bankeraceae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Hydnellum	Gorilla (Gorillas)
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Gorilla beringei

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

mountain gorilla

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	mountain gorilla
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.