Gold Tooth vs Little White-shouldered Bat

Hydnellum auratile compared with Ametrida centurio

Key Differences

Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Little White-shouldered Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Little White-shouldered Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Ametrida
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Ametrida centurio

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Little White-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Little White-shouldered Bat
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.