Crowned Tooth vs Mouse bandicoot

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Microperoryctes murina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Mouse bandicoot
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Bankeraceae	Peramelidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Microperoryctes
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Microperoryctes murina

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Mouse bandicoot

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Mouse bandicoot
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.