Gold Tooth vs Grizzled Tree-kangaroo

Hydnellum auratile compared with Dendrolagus inustus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Grizzled Tree-kangaroo
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Bankeraceae	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)
Genus	Hydnellum	Dendrolagus
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Dendrolagus inustus

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Grizzled Tree-kangaroo

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Grizzled Tree-kangaroo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gold 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.