Gold Tooth vs Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Hydnellum auratile compared with Calomyscus hotsoni

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Calomyscidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Calomyscus
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Calomyscus hotsoni

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
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.

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.