Gold Tooth vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Hydnellum auratile compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Bankeraceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Hemiechinus
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Long-eared Hedgehog
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.